Abstract / Description of output
TG13 Tokyo guidelines for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis were globally disseminated and various clinical researches about the management of acute cholecystitis were reported by lots of researchers and clinicians from all over the world. The 1(st) edition of Tokyo Guidelines 2007 (TG07) was revised in 2013. According to that revision, the TG13 diagnostic criteria of acute cholecystitis provided better specificity and higher diagnostic accuracy. Thorough our literature search about diagnostic criteria for acute cholecystitis, new and strong evidence that had been released from 2013 to 2017 was not found with serious and important issues about using TG13 diagnostic criteria of acute cholecystitis. On the other hand, the TG13 severity grading for acute cholecystitis have been validated in numerous studies. As a result of review, the TG13 severity grading for acute cholecystitis was significantly associated with parameters including 30-day overall mortality, length of hospital stay, conversion rates to open surgery, and medical costs. In terms of severity assessment, breakthrough and intensive literature for revising severity grading was not reported. Consequently, TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading were judged from numerous validation studies as useful indicators in clinical practice and adopted as TG18/TG13 diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis without any modification. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 15 Oct 2017 |
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Publication status | Published - Jan 2018 |
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