Hepatobiliary surgery in liberia: a case report of a 49-year female with acute cholecystitis
International Journal of Development Research
Hepatobiliary surgery in liberia: a case report of a 49-year female with acute cholecystitis
Received 11th May, 2017; Received in revised form 10th June, 2017; Accepted 13th July, 2017; Published online 30th August, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Ayun Cassell et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Acute cholecystitis refers to a syndrome of right upper quadrant pain, fever, and leukocytosis associated with gallbladder inflammation, which is usually related to gallstone disease. More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis. Cholelithiasis is said to be an uncommon disease in tropical Africa. This contrasts with the high incidence of gallstones in western Europe and the United States. In review of the literature, there has been no documented or published data on the management of Acute Calculous Cholecystitis in Liberia. As such we present a 49-year-old Liberian female who underwent an open cholecystectomy for an acute calculous cholecystitis.
