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==Complications== | ==Complications== | ||
* Acute perforation | * Acute perforation | ||
* | * Bilious peritonitis | ||
* | * Bowel adhesion | ||
* Gallbladder necrosis | * Gallbladder necrosis | ||
* [[ | * Gangrenous [[cholecystitis]] | ||
* [[Sepsis]] | * [[Sepsis]] | ||
==Prognosis== | ==Prognosis== | ||
* It has favorable | * It has a favorable 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 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> | ||
==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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Chiow AK, Ibrahim S, Tay KH (2007). "Torsion of the gallbladder: a rare entity". Ann Acad Med Singapore. 36 (8): 705–6. PMID 17767346.