The Effect of Leucocytosis, Gender Difference, and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly Population

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.41em"/><col style="width:6.68em"/><col style="width:6.98em"/><col style="width:3.31em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Young Group</td><td class="align_center">Elderly Group</td><td class="align_center">Total</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Single stone</td><td class="align_center">9</td><td class="align_center">12</td><td class="align_center">21</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Multiple calculi or sludge</td><td class="align_center">60</td><td class="align_center">36</td><td class="align_center">96</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Total</td><td class="align_center">69</td><td class="align_center">48</td><td class="align_center"><i>117</i></td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>Ultrasonography showed gallstones in 117 of the 318 patients (36.79%) who were admitted with the complaint of right upper quadrant pain. A total of 21 (17.94%) patients had single stone and 96 (82.05%) patients had multiple millimetric calculi or sludge in both young and elderly groups.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Presence of gallbladder stones in patients who were admitted with the complaint of right upper quadrant pain.</div>

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Table 3: The Effect of Leucocytosis, Gender Difference, and Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis in the Elderly Population 