Unseen crisis: Point-of-care ultrasound detection of minute gallbladder perforation in acute acalculous cholecystitis

Asian J Surg. 2024 Nov 28:S1015-9584(24)02617-4. doi: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.015. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Wei-Chen Zhou¹, He-Li Duan², Xiaojuan Ma³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ultrasound, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, 610000, China.
² Department of Ultrasound, Chengdu First People's Hospital, Chengdu, 610000, China; School of Medical Imaging, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, 637000, China.
³ Department of Ultrasound Medicine, West China Hospital, Chengdu, 610000, China. Electronic address: xiaojuanma@126.com.

PMID: 39613631
DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2024.11.015

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute acalculous cholecystitis; Gallbladder perforation; Point-of-care ultrasound.

Publication types

Letter