Acute gallstone pancreatitis is the most common cause of acute pancreatitis, and the management depends on its severity. Acute gallstone pancreatitis can be divided into mild or severe acute pancreatitis. The management of acute gallstone pancreatitis can be divided into endoscop...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i91087
Non-obstetric acute abdominal conditions account for admission to the surgical ward, and it involves management by the surgeon and gynecologists. The common conditions are acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis. Acute appendicitis in pregnancy requires pro...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71050
Acute cholecystitis in pregnancy is one of the common non obstetric causes for acute abdominal pain. The management can be divided into conservative treatment and surgical treatment. Conservative treatment involves the use of intravenous fluids and antibiotics, but patients are p...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i71041
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for the management of gallstone disease, but it has recently been incorporated into the treatment of acute cholecystitis. It is divided into early and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Early laparoscopic cholecystectomy is don...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i61033
Conservative treatment of acute cholecystitis has been the initial treatment for acute cholecystitis, which involves the use of antibiotics to control the infection and prepare the patient for cholecystectomy. The Tokyo Guidelines have categorized patients who present with acute...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i61022
The most common management of choledocholithiasis involves the two-step method that involves the use of pre-operative endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy in six weeks’ time. But since the introduction of laparoscopic surg...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2024/v22i4999
A left-sided gallbladder is a rare anomaly that is often discovered when performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Its position has implications when performing the cholecystectomy, as retraction of the gallbladder will require proper placement of the ports. The dissection will...
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Research Article10.9734/ajcrs/2025/v8i2701