Severe cholecystitis was defined when the cholecystitis was complicated by secondary changes, including hemorrhage, gangrene, emphysema, and perforation. The NLR was calculated at admission as the ...

This causes cholecystitis and oftentimes calls for a cholecystostomy if gallbladder removal surgery isn’t safe. What is a cholecystostomy? Read on to learn all about it. A cholecystostomy ...

Her appendix had burst and turned gangrenous by the time she had emergency surgery. (Submitted by Joy Spence) One night, she says, her boyfriend had to help her into an ambulance. Spence was in so ...