[Diagnosis, surgical treatment procedure and results in acute cholecystitis in young patients].

Among the patients with acute cholecystitis, those at the age of 20-45 years account for 12.6%. Of them, 50.9% develop complications: choledocholithiasis, obstructive jaundice, cholangitis, pancreatitis etc. The main method for treatment of the patients is the operation within 24-48 hr from the moment of their admission with intraoperative diagnosis of pathology of the extrahepatic bile ducts. There were no lethality, postoperative complications were noted in 9.3% of the patients.