Table 2.

Clinical and Hematochemical Parameters for 115 Acute Cholecystitis Cases— 49 Difficult Cholecystectomy Cases (42.6 %)

Parameters	% of Cases
Pain (right hypochondrium [RHy])	100%
Contracture of circumscribed defense (RHy)	76.5% (88 cases)
Fever (38.5°C)	80.8% (93 cases)
Leukocytosis (11 000-18 000 WBC*/mm3)	92% (106 cases)
AST†/ALT‡ twice the standard	7.8% (9 cases)
Amylase under normal values	100%
IL-6 under normal values	100%

^*WBC = white blood cell.

^†AST = aspartate aminotransferase.

^‡ALT = alanine aminotransferase.