[Clinical course and therapy of acute destructive cholecystitis in elderly and very old patients]. / Osobennosti klinicheskogo techeniia i lecheniia ostrogo destruktivnogo kholetsistita u patsientov pozhilogo i starcheskogo vozrasta.

In analysis of clinical manifestations and results of surgical treatment of acute destructive cholecystitis in 215 elderly and senile patients, the authors established, that clinical picture of the given pathology was obscure, despite the presence of destructive forms of inflammation. The necessity for early performance of an operation is substantiated.