"Cholecystitis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Inflammation of the GALLBLADDER; generally caused by impairment of BILE flow, GALLSTONES in the BILIARY TRACT, infections, or other diseases.
| Descriptor ID |
D002764
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.564.263
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| Concept/Terms |
Cholecystitis- Cholecystitis
- Gallbladder Inflammation
- Inflammation, Gallbladder
Empyema, Gallbladder- Empyema, Gallbladder
- Gallbladder Empyema
- Empyema, Gall Bladder
- Gall Bladder Empyema
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cholecystitis" by people in Profiles.
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Long-term outcomes after subtotal reconstituting cholecystectomy: A retrospective case series. Am J Surg. 2020 09; 220(3):736-740.
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Review of the impact of antineoplastic therapies on the risk for cholelithiasis and acute cholecystitis. Ann Surg Oncol. 2014 Jan; 21(1):240-7.
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Single-incision surgery has higher cost with equivalent pain and quality-of-life scores compared with multiple-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a prospective randomized blinded comparison. J Am Coll Surg. 2012 Nov; 215(5):702-8.
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Cholangitis after coil embolization of an iatrogenic hepatic artery pseudoaneurysm: an unusual case report. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2006 Feb; 16(1):36-8.
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Imaging benign and malignant disease of the gallbladder. Radiol Clin North Am. 2002 Dec; 40(6):1307-23, vi.
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GI complications in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Chest. 2001 Apr; 119(4):1222-41.
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Intestinal obstruction from midgut volvulus after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. A report of an unusual complication. Surg Endosc. 1999 Dec; 13(12):1234-5.
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Gangrenous cholecystitis: analysis of risk factors and experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Surgery. 1999 Oct; 126(4):680-5; discussion 685-6.
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Cholecystolithiasis and infection of the biliary tract with Salmonella Virchow--a very rare case in early childhood. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 1995 Dec; 5(6):369-71.
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Physiological and metabolic responses to open and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Br J Surg. 1992 Oct; 79(10):1061-4.