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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2011-7582</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Cirugía]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[rev. colomb. cir.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2011-7582</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Colombiana de Cirugía]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S2011-75822019000400364</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.30944/20117582.516</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Controversias en el manejo de la colecistitis aguda tardía]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Controversies in the management of late acute cholecystitis]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ángel-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel Santiago]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Quintero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Camilo Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aristizábal-Arjona]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Felipe]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Turizo-Agamez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Álvaro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Molina-Céspedes]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Isabel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Velásquez-Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María Antonia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Isaza-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Esteban]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Ocampo-Muñoz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Maribel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Medellín ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>364</fpage>
<lpage>371</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2011-75822019000400364&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2011-75822019000400364&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2011-75822019000400364&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La colecistitis aguda es la inflamación de la vesícula biliar, en la mayoría de los casos, explicada por la presencia de cálculos mixtos o de colesterol que producen obstrucción y desencadenan factores inflamatorios diversos. La colecistectomía por vía laparoscópica se ha convertido en su tratamiento estándar y definitivo. El procedimiento quirúrgico debe realizarse idealmente en las primeras 72 horas después de iniciados los síntomas, lo que habitualmente se denomina como cuadro agudo. Existe controversia sobre cuál es el manejo más adecuado cuando han pasado más de 72 horas del inicio de los síntomas, condición denominada &#8216;colecistitis aguda tardía&#8217;, cuando se considera que el proceso inflamatorio es mayor y, el procedimiento, técnicamente más complejo y peligroso. Para esta condición, se han establecido dos estrategias iniciales de manejo: la cirugía temprana -durante la hospitalización inicial- o el tratamiento conservador con antibióticos para la supuesta resolución completa de la inflamación, es decir, &#8216;enfriar el proceso&#8217;; varias semanas después, se practica una colecistectomía laparoscópica tardía -diferida o electiva-. Existen muchas publicaciones sobre ambas estrategias, en las que se exponen los beneficios y probables complicaciones de cada una; en la actualidad, se sigue debatiendo sobre el momento óptimo para practicar la intervención quirúrgica. Los trabajos más recientes y con mayor peso epidemiológico, resaltan los beneficios de la cirugía temprana pues, aunque las complicaciones intraoperatorias ocurren en las mismas proporciones, la cirugía en la hospitalización inicial reduce los costos, los reingresos y los tiempos hospitalarios. Después de revisar la literatura disponible a favor y en contra, este artículo pretende recomendar el procedimiento temprano, inclusive cuando hayan pasado más de tres días de iniciados los síntomas y, solo en casos muy seleccionados, diferir la cirugía.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Acute cholecystitis is the inflammation of the gallbladder, in most cases explained by the presence of mixed or cholesterol stones that produce obstruction by triggering various inflammatory factors; for its definitive management, laparoscopic cholecystectomy became the gold standard, the surgical procedure should ideally be performed within the first 72 hours after the onset of symptoms, which is usually referred to as acute condition; There are controversies in what is the most appropriate management when more than 72 hours have elapsed from the onset of symptoms, a condition called late acute cholecystitis, at which time the inflammatory process is commonly believed to be greater and the procedure more technically complex and dangerous. For this condition, two management strategies have been defined, which consist of early surgery (during index hospitalization) versus initial conservative antibiotic treatment for the supposed complete resolution of the inflammation &#8220;cooling the process&#8221;, followed by a late laparoscopic cholecystectomy several weeks later (deferred, elective); For both strategies, there is abundant literature exposing the benefits and probable complications that concern each one, but at the present time the optimal moment to practice the surgical intervention is still being debated. The most recent works show some benefits in favor of early surgery, since although intraoperative complications occur in the same proportions, surgery in the index hospitalization reduces costs, readmissions, and hospital times. The present article, reviewing the wide literature available for and against, has as main objective to recommend this procedure early, even when more than three days of symptoms have passed, and only in very selected cases, defer surgery.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colecistitis aguda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colecistectomía laparoscópica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[colecistostomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[intervención médica temprana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[tratamiento farmacológico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cholecystitis, acute]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cholecystectomy, laparoscopic]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cholecystostomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[early medical intervention]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[drug therapy]]></kwd>
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