Cholecystitis in male gender

Abstract

In general surgery service of the Instituto de Salud del Estado de México, Hospital General “La Perla” we studied the relationship of the variables in male patients: Urgent open cholecystectomy, gallbladder findings during surgery: (hidrocolecisto, piocolecisto, gangrene of the gallbladder and biliary acute pancreatitis); the above pathologies are complications secondary to bladder obstruction by gallstones which induced severe inflammation. Other studies have reported these complications associated to male patients.
This is a case-control study in which accumulated cases in three consecutive years were reviewed. Nine patients were operated on a scheduled open cholecystectomy (15%), which represent the monitoring cases. Likewise: 46 (85%) patients undergoing urgent cholecystectomy represent the integrated cases. With the data obtained frequency analysis was performed using an SPSS program. General complications were development in 44 patients(80%). Gallbladder complication as piocolecisto occurred more frequently. Thus we observed two associated variables: emergency surgery and complicated cholecystitis (empyema, hydrops or gangrene of the gallbladder and biliary pancreatitis) related to the male gender.