"type I: acute free perforation"
"type II: subacute pericholecystic abscess"
"type III: chronic cholecystoenteric fistulation"
"type IV: cholecystobiliary fistula formation"
"Ultrasound is the initial investigation of choice. Reported findings include pericholecystic fluid collection(s) with layering of the gallbladder wall 8."
"Given that gallbladder perforation represents an advanced stage of acute cholecystitis, typically occurring in otherwise comorbid patients, the prognosis is often worse. Although very high mortality rates of ~40% were initially reported in the 1940s, contemporary literature cites a mortality rate between 12-16% 6."
Expected headings
"Complications"