Nine Cases of Gallbladder Perforation

Abstract

Gallbladder perforation can refer to a gallbladder perforated by acute cholecystitis, an injury, or a tumor. From 2008 to 2018, we encountered 9 patients (5 males and 4 females) with gallbladder perforation. Patients ages ranged from 62 to 92 years (average: 82.3 years). We could diagnose gallbladder perforation in 8 of the 9 cases preoperatively. An open cholecystectomy was carried out in all cases. The histopathological findings showed 7 cases of perforation by gangrenous cholecystitis and 2 cases of perforation by gallbladder cancer. The postoperative course was good in all cases. It is especially important to perform an emergency surgical operation for GradeⅢ severe cholecystitis with gallbladder perforation.