Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Should Surgical Experience Change Our Treatment Strategy on Acute Cholecystitis? Early Versus Delayed Cholecystectomy
Brief Summary: This study examines complications, mortality rates, cost-effectiveness and safety of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DLC). Group L (n:88) patients treated surgically with laparoscopic cholecystectomy immediately or Group D (n:88) patients first treated medically and than treated surgically with delayed (4-8 weeks later) laparoscopic cholecystectomy.