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The Role of Ultrasound in Cholecystitis

NCT03470220 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2019-02-26

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Summary

The aim of this study is:

1. To describe the natural course of acute cholecystitis, by performing repeated ultrasound examinations from day of admission to hospital until day of surgery or discharge.
2. To investigate if there is anything in the ultrasound picture that can predict a difficult operation.

Patients will be prospectively enrolled. The ultrasound picture (ultrasound variables: gallbladder volume, gallbladder wall thickness, and presence of oedema in the gallbladder wall), will be compared to clinical variables (tenderness in right upper quadrant, WBC, CRP and temperature) and to the time (hours) from onset of symptoms. Statistical analyses will be made to see if statistically significant, and clinically relevant, associations between variables exist.

Furthermore, for participants receiving acute surgery, an upper GI surgeon will evaluate the operation as easy, intermediate or difficult. In extension, investigators will look at associations between difficult surgery and all the variables previously mentioned (both ultrasound variables, clinical variables and time).

Conditions

  • Cholecystitis, Acute

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anders Sonden, Docent · Karolinska Instistutet Södersjukhuset

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-23
Primary Completion
2018-11-30
Completion
2018-11-30

Countries

  • Sweden

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