Emergency Surgery for Severe Acute Cholangitis

Establishment of a novel rat model of severe acute cholangitis

Objective(s):This study aimed to establish a novel non-binding, reversible rat model of acute cholangitis of the severe type (ACST). Materials and Methods:Twenty-six rats were randomly divided into the sham-operated group (n=13) and the ACST group (n=13). All rats were intubated with a modified catheter through the external jugular vein. The ACST model was established by ligation of the distal ...

Emergency surgery for acute cholecystitis.

Emergency Surgery for Acute Complicated Diverticulitis.

BACKGROUND The optimal treatment of acute complicated diverticulitis is a matter of debate and has undergone significant changes. Currently, the main focus of surgical treatment concepts is on controlling the emergency situation triggered by acute complicated sigmoid diverticulitis through interventional and minimally invasive measures. METHODS This article presents the current data and recom...

Establishment of a novel rat model of severe acute cholangitis.

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to establish a novel non-binding, reversible rat model of acute cholangitis of the severe type (ACST). MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-six rats were randomly divided into the sham-operated group (n=13) and the ACST group (n=13). All rats were intubated with a modified catheter through the external jugular vein. The ACST model was established by ligation of the distal ...

Emergency transfusion for acute severe anemia: a calculated risk.

An editorial about a case report is unusual, but no more so than the case reported by Dai et al. in this issue of the journal. They report survival, without apparent sequelae, of a 53-year-old man with a hemoglobin concentration as low as 0.7 g/dL (hematocrit 2.2%) for several hours. Despite the presence of a low fibrinogen concentration and an elevated partial thromboplastin time (not discusse...