[The treatment of acute cholecystitis]. / Lechenie ostrogo kholetsistita.

The authors treated 462 patients with acute cholecystitis. Operated on were 220 patients. Of them, 53.6%--at the first 24 hours after admission. In 26.3% of the patients, peritonitis was an indication for the operation. The postoperative lethality was 4.1%.