Table 1 Key questions and key words used to develop the Consensus Conference on Acute Calculous Cholecystitis (ACC)
Key questions | Key words |
|---|---|
1) Diagnosis of ACC: investigations. | Acute calculous cholecystitis Diagnosis, Ultrasound, Gallstones disease diagnosis. |
2) Treatment of ACC: best options. | Gallstones Dissolution, No-surgery gallstones, Extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy, Acute calculous cholecystitis, Gallstone disease, Management Gallstones, Endoscopy, Gallstone removal, Observation gallstones. |
3) Antibiotic therapy for ACC. | Antibiotics,Acute calculous cholecystitis, Gallstone disease, Management Gallstones. |
4) Patient selection for surgery: risk stratification i.e. definition of high risk patients | Acute calculous cholecystitis, Gallstone disease, Surgical risk score, High risk patient, old patient, PPossum score, Apache score |
5) Timing for surgery for ACC | Acute calculous cholecystitis, acute cholecystitis |
6) Type of surgery for ACC | Acute calculous cholecystitis, Surgery, Laparoscopy, Laparotomy, Cholecystectomy, Partial cholecystectomy, Subtotal cholecystectomy, Cirrhosis, Pregnancy |
7) Associated common bile duct stone: suspicion and diagnosis at the presentation | common bile duct stone; choledocholthiasis; endoscopic ultrasound, MRCP, ERCP, |
8) Alternative treatments for high risk patients | Acute calculous cholecystitis, Surgery, Gallbladder Drainage, Percutaneous gallbladder drainage, Cholecystostomy, High Risk Patient |