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World J Clin Cases. Feb 6, 2022; 10(4): 1296-1310
Published online Feb 6, 2022. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i4.1296
Surgical treatment of acute cholecystitis in patients with confirmed COVID-19: Ten case reports and review of literature
Katya Bozada-Gutiérrez, Mario Trejo-Avila, Fátima Chávez-Hernández, Sara Parraguirre-Martínez, Carlos Valenzuela-Salazar, Jesús Herrera-Esquivel, Mucio Moreno-Portillo
Katya Bozada-Gutiérrez, Mario Trejo-Avila, Fátima Chávez-Hernández, Carlos Valenzuela-Salazar, Jesús Herrera-Esquivel, Mucio Moreno-Portillo, Department of General and Endoscopic Surgery, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico City 14090, Mexico
Sara Parraguirre-Martínez, Department of Pathology, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Mexico City 14090, Mexico
Author contributions: Bozada-Gutiérrez K designed and performed the research, contributed to the analysis and wrote the paper; Trejo-Avila M designed the research, contributed to the analysis, wrote the paper, provided clinical advice and supervised the report; Chávez-Hernández F designed and performed the research, contributed to the analysis; Parraguirre-Martínez S performed the research, provided histopathological images and interpretation, contributed to the analysis; Valenzuela-Salazar C, Herrera-Esquivel J and Moreno-Portillo M designed the research, contributed to the analysis, provided clinical advice and supervised the report.
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Corresponding author: Mario Trejo-Avila, MD, Surgeon, Department of General and Endoscopic Surgery, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Calzada de Tlalpan 4800, Mexico City 14090, Mexico. mario.trejo.avila@gmail.com
Received: July 27, 2021
Peer-review started: July 27, 2021
First decision: October 3, 2021
Revised: October 16, 2021
Accepted: December 25, 2021
Article in press: December 25, 2021
Published online: February 6, 2022
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Core Tip: Several studies have described multiple gastrointestinal complications in patients with coronavirus disease 2019, including advanced stages of cholecystitis. we found in the present study that patients with confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infections who presented with acute cholecystitis, tended to have a higher grade on the Parkland grading scale (including gallbladder perforation, empyema and total wall necrosis), had difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomies with an increased need for a bail-out procedure, had high rates of intensive care unit admission, and had a prolonged length of hospital stay.