SPONTANEOUS PERFORATION OF THE GALL BLADDER: A CASE REPORT

Authors

  • Bhaskaran A Professor & HOD, Dept. of general surgery, SDUMC,Tamaka, Kolar
  • Vijay P Agrawal Junior resident, Dept. of general surgery, Sridevraj urs medical college, Tamaka , Kolar, Karnataka.
  • Vasant Kumar
  • M Basavarajappa Associate professor, Dept. of general surgery, Sri Devraj urs medical college, Kolar, Karnataka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v3i9.614

Abstract

Gall bladder perforation is a rare but life-threatening complication of acute cholecystitis.1 Two per cent of patients undergoing cholecystectomy are found to have perforation of the gall bladder. It occurs in 10% of patients who are being treated conservatively.2 Most studies in which the patients are generally aged 60 or more. Studies reported a mortality rate of 42%, others have reported mortality to be between 12 and 16%.3,4,5 Due to the high mortality that can be caused by a delay in the correct diagnosis and following adequate surgical treatment, gallbladder perforation represents a special diagnostic and surgical challenge.6 Most cases can only be diagnosed during surgery7,8,9. We report one such case which was diagnosed as gall bladder perforation.

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Author Biographies

  • Bhaskaran A, Professor & HOD, Dept. of general surgery, SDUMC,Tamaka, Kolar
    Professor & HOD, Dept. of general surgery, SDUMC,Tamaka, Kolar
  • Vasant Kumar
    Assistant professor, Dept. of general surgery, Sri Devraj urs medical college, Kolar, Karnataka
  • M Basavarajappa, Associate professor, Dept. of general surgery, Sri Devraj urs medical college, Kolar, Karnataka
    Associate professor, Dept. of general surgery, Sri Devraj urs medical college, Kolar, Karnataka

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Published

2012-10-01

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Vol. 3 No. 9 (2012): Sep

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Case Report

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SPONTANEOUS PERFORATION OF THE GALL BLADDER: A CASE REPORT. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2012 Oct. 1 [cited 2026 Mar. 8];3(9):391-2. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/771