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  • Title: [Complications following cholecystectomy and their therapy].
    Author: Hoffmann R, Amgwerd R, Zäch R.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1983 Apr 16; 113(15):555-7. PubMed ID: 6857212.
    Abstract:
    426 patients who had undergone cholecystectomy took part in a retrospective study covering four years (1977-1980). 53 patients had gallbladder empyema. The complications in the 373 cholecystectomies without empyema were 4 wound infections (1.1%), 2 other infections, 10 postoperative hemorrhages (2.7%), 3 cases of retained stones (0.8%) and 7 other complications. Only 3 of the total of 6 infections required antibiotic therapy. Since the infection rate in the 373 patients without empyema was very low, and since it is known that bile is sterile in the early stages of acute cholecystitis, there is no indication even for prophylactic antibiotics. Treatment of acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy within 24-48 h of onset of acute symptoms. The rate of infectious complications in patients with gallbladder empyema was 15.1%. Primary treatment for this disease is surgical removal of the infectious focus (cholecystectomy) and reduction of bacterial spread or treatment of peritonitis if already present.
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