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Significance and clinical applications of ultrasound score in assessing the clinical severity of acute cholecystitis in the elderly

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Abstract

Objective

To investigate the feasibility and significance of the clinical application of ultrasound score in assessing the clinical severity of acute cholecystitis in the elderly.

Methods

Pre-surgery ultrasonography was performed on 72 elderly patients with acute cholecystitis who were scheduled for cholecystectomy to determine the score based on ultrasonic imaging features to reflect clinical severity. Prior to operation, the cases were classified as mild, moderate, and severe according to clinical manifestation. The significance of ultrasonography for the prediction of the severity of acute cholecystitis and its pre-surgery guidance were evaluated based on intraoperative findings and postoperative pathology.

Result

In the aspect of clinical severity, of the 72 cases, 36 were mild, 21 were moderate, and 15 were severe. The cases that showed enlarged gallbladders, thickened gallbladder walls, double-layer images, gallbladder stones, incarcerated gall-stones, echoes in gallbladder fluid, peri-gallbladder effusions, or adherences were mostly moderate and severe cases. The difference in these cases with the mild cases exhibited statistical significance (P < 0.05). Of the 28 cases that scored ≤5, 26 (92.68 %) were mild cases. The 26 cases that scored between 6 and 9 mainly consisted of 15 moderate cases (57.7 %). The 18 cases that scored ≥10 mainly consisted of 13 severe cases (72.2 %). Significant differences were found in the cholecystostomy cases among the three groups (P < 0.05).

Conclusion

Prior to cholecystectomy, ultrasound score could accurately determine the severity of acute cholecystitis in the elderly and may be used as a reference for surgical intervention timing and mode selection to guide clinical therapy.

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  1. Department of Ultrasound Diagnostics, General Hospital of Chinese PLA Air Force, Beijing, 100142, China

    Longfang Zhang & Dongli Li

  2. Cadre’s Ward, General Hospital of Chinese PLA Air Force, Beijing, 100142, China

    Quanli Han & Kechun Yao

  3. Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, General Hospital of Chinese PLA Air Force, Beijing, 100142, China

    Hui Zhang

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Zhang, L., Han, Q., Zhang, H. et al. Significance and clinical applications of ultrasound score in assessing the clinical severity of acute cholecystitis in the elderly. Aging Clin Exp Res 27, 21–26 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-014-0236-9

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