Diagnosis & Treatment Approaches to Gallbladder Volvulus: Review

Abstract: This review was aim to overview the diagnostic methods of gallbladder volvulus, as well as the surgical treatment approaches. We conducted a literature search among electronic databases PubMed (National Library of Medicine) using the keywords “gallbladder volvulus” and “gallbladder torsion” together with “diagnosis” and “treatment” up to December 2016, for more identifying case reports discussing the same diagnosis and treatment approaches (surgical treatment) of gallbladder volvulus. Gallbladder volvulus is a rare condition that requires an astute clinician with a heightened index of suspicion and low threshold for carrying out emergent cholecystectomy. This condition must be believed in elderly patients presenting with Right Upper Quadrant pain whose scientific course and signs are refractory to antibiotic treatment and fluid resuscitation. Diagnosis will remain challenging despite improving innovation, but recognition of the common presentation explained herein can result in precise preoperative diagnosis. Gallbladder volvulus mandates emergent cholecystectomy, to avoid visceral perforation, bilious peritonitis, and hemodynamic instability. Keywords: Diagnosis & Treatment Approaches, Gallbladder volvulus mandates. Title: Diagnosis & Treatment Approaches to Gallbladder Volvulus: Review Author: Eyad Saleem j. Alharbi, Jamal Sharaf Alzahrani, Yousef Mohammad Howssawi, Ahmad Zuhair Mashat, Abdulhamid Talal Abdulhamid Alghamdi, Mohammed Talal Alghamdi, Mohammad Siraj Ahmad Alghamdi, Ohoud Aid Alsefri, Mohammed Hassan Alharthi, Ahmed Saeed S. Banheem, Abdullah Khalid Alghamdi International Journal of Healthcare Sciences ISSN 2348-5728 (Online) Research Publish Journals

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