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==Complications==
===Complications===
* Acute perforation
* Acute perforation
* [[Bilious peritonitis]]
* Bilious peritonitis
* [[Bowel adhesion]]
* Bowel adhesion
* Gallbladder necrosis
* Gallbladder necrosis
* [[Gangrenous cholecystitis]]
* Gangrenous [[cholecystitis]]
* [[Sepsis]]
* [[Sepsis]]
 
==Prognosis==
===Prognosis===
* It has a favorable prognosis due to early diagnosis and prompt treatment.
* It has favorable a prognosis due to early diagnosis and prompt treatment.
* With immediate surgery the mortality rate is less than 5%.<ref name="pmid15757065">{{cite journal| author=Shaikh AA, Charles A, Domingo S, Schaub G| title=Gallbladder volvulus: report of two original cases and review of the literature. | journal=Am Surg | year= 2005 | volume= 71 | issue= 1 | pages= 87-9 | pmid=15757065 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=15757065  }} </ref><ref name="pmid17767346">{{cite journal| author=Chiow AK, Ibrahim S, Tay KH| title=Torsion of the gallbladder: a rare entity. | journal=Ann Acad Med Singapore | year= 2007 | volume= 36 | issue= 8 | pages= 705-6 | pmid=17767346 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=17767346  }} </ref>
* With immediate surgery the mortality rate is less than 5%. <ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=17767346</ref><ref>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=15757065</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Complications

  • Acute perforation
  • Bilious peritonitis
  • Bowel adhesion
  • Gallbladder necrosis
  • Gangrenous cholecystitis
  • Sepsis

Prognosis

  • It has a favorable prognosis due to early diagnosis and prompt treatment.
  • With immediate surgery the mortality rate is less than 5%.[1][2]

References

  1. Shaikh AA, Charles A, Domingo S, Schaub G (2005). "Gallbladder volvulus: report of two original cases and review of the literature". Am Surg. 71 (1): 87–9. PMID 15757065.
  2. Chiow AK, Ibrahim S, Tay KH (2007). "Torsion of the gallbladder: a rare entity". Ann Acad Med Singapore. 36 (8): 705–6. PMID 17767346.

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