Free Full text of TG18 (in English)
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: antimicrobial therapy for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.518/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholangitis (with videos)
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.512/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: initial management of acute biliary infection and flowchart for acute cholangitis
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.509/full）
・ Indications and techniques of biliary drainage for acute cholangitis in updated Tokyo Guidelines 2018
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.496/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis（with videos）
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.515/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.516/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: surgical management of acute cholecystitis：safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis（with videos）
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.517/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management strategies for gallbladder drainage in patients with acute cholecystitis (with videos)
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.504/full）
・ Tokyo Guidelines 2018: management bundles for acute cholangitis and cholecystitis
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.519/full）
・ Preoperative predictors of conversion as indicators of local inflammation in acute cholecystitis:
strategies for future studies to develop quantitative predictors
（https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jhbp.493/full）
Mobile Application of TG18 (in English & Japanese)
Digest of TG18 including the calculators of diagnostic criteria and severity assessment of Acute cholangitis and cholecystitis is now available with a mobile application (for i-Phone, Android) and you will be able to download the application through the sites of “Apple store” and “Google play”.
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CQs in TG18 (in Japanese)
1、抗菌薬（Antimicrobial therapy）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
2、急性胆管炎診断基準、重症度判定基準
（Diagnosis and severity grading of acute cholangitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
3、急性胆管炎フローチャート
（Flowchart for the management of acute cholangitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
4、急性胆管炎ドレナージ
（Biliary drainage for acute cholangitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017(PDF)
5、急性胆嚢炎ドレナージ
（Gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
6、急性胆嚢炎診断基準、重症度判定基準
（Diagnostic criteria and severity grading of acute cholecystitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
7、急性胆嚢炎フローチャート
（Flowchart for the management of acute cholecystitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
8、Lap-Cのsafety
（Safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis）
References and records on the first decision meeting on 30 Mar 2017 (PDF)
References and records with memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
References and records without memo on the FINAL decision meeting on 29 Apr 2017 (PDF)
