Cholangitis and cholecystitis are two separate conditions that affect the biliary system. While both can be related to gallstones, they each have different underlying causes, symptoms, and treatments.

No significant differences in surgical complication risk were seen in early or delayed cholecystectomy for acute cholangitis and acute cholecystitis.

Over a follow-up period of 2.2 to 26.0 years (mean, 11.7 years), 31 patients (37%) developed late choledochal complications (stone recurrence, acute acalculous cholangitis, and acute cholecystitis ...