Role of Antibiotic Therapy in Mild Acute Calculus Cholecystitis: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

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Authors

Haggi Mazeh · Hadassah Medical Center

Ido Mizrahi · Hadassah Medical Center

Uri P. Dior · Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Natalia Simanovsky · Hadassah Medical Center

Mervyn Shapiro · Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center

Herbert R. Freund · Hadassah Medical Center

Ahmed Eid ·

Abstract

Intravenous antibiotic treatment does not improve the hospital course or early outcome in most of the patients with mild acute calculus cholecystitis.

Topics & Keywords

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: World Journal of Surgery

Volume 36, Issue 8, pp. 1750-1759

DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1572-6

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