Abstract:Background: The optimal timing of surgery is still controversial when preoperative gallbladder drainage (PGD) has been performed for AC. Method: Between 2010 and 2015, 77 AC patients, who consecutively underwent surgery, were divided into two groups. One was the group on which PGD were performed (n=39), and the other was patients that underwent emergency operations (EO) without PGD (n=38). The PGD group was further divided into two groups: one with the period from drainage to surgery of ≦14 days (PGD-E:n=17) a… Show more
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