La paciente es una mujer de 87 años a la que se le diagnosticó colecistitis aguda en urgencias. Presentaba dolor abdominal, cólicos y espasmos abdominales difusos: cólico intestinal y aerofagia. La colecistitis es una inflamación repentina de la pared de la vesícula biliar, lo que produce un dolor abdominal intenso.
Se le realizará una colecistectomía que es una cirugía para extirpar la vesícula por laparoscopia.
The patient is an 87-year-old woman who was diagnosed with acute cholecystitis in the emergency department. She presented with abdominal pain, cramping and diffuse abdominal spasms: intestinal colic and aerophagia. Cholecystitis is a sudden inflammation of the gallbladder wall, resulting in severe abdominal pain.
You will have a cholecystectomy which is a surgery to remove the gallbladder laparoscopically.