Research Article

Seasonal Patterns of Acute Esophageal Variceal Bleeding In Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

Seasonal variations in the incidence of esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with end stage liver disease have been explored in various studies but the results were inconsistent. In the present retrospective analysis, consecutive patients with liver cirrhosis admitted with esophageal variceal bleeding to the Galilee medical center from 2010 until 2015 were evaluated

Perforation as a Cause of Failure in the Conservative Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis: Is Percutaneous Cholecystostomy A Sufficient Treatment?

After 3.65 (2-8) days of conservative treatment, the patients with no improvement in clinical and/or laboratory findings were considered to have complicated cholecystitis and underwent additional imaging procedures. In 20 patients, gallbladder perforation was observed, and a total of 22 catheters were placed