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This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of hematological inflammatory indices\u2014the Aggregate Index of Systemic Inflammation (AISI), the Systemic Immune-Inflammation Index (SII), and the Systemic Inflammation Response Index (SIRI)\u2014in predicting the gangrenous evolution of acute calculous cholecystitis. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 435 patients who underwent cholecystectomy between 2016 and 2024 at a tertiary care center. Patients were divided into gangrenous (n = 145) and chronic (n = 290) cholecystitis groups. Preoperative hematological parameters were used to calculate AISI, SII, and SIRI. After histopathological confirmation, patients with GC (gangrenous calculous cholecystitis) were identified, and for each case, two age- and sex-matched controls with chronic CC (calculous cholecystitis) were selected, maintaining a GC:CC ratio of 1:2. Preoperative hematological parameters were used to calculate AISI, SII, and SIRI. Results: All three indices were significantly higher in the gangrenous group (p &lt; 0.001). Logistic regression identified SIRI as the strongest independent predictor of gangrenous cholecystitis (OR = 1.976, p &lt; 0.001). ROC analysis demonstrated excellent discriminative capacity for all markers (AUC &gt; 0.8), with SII achieving the highest diagnostic accuracy (AUC = 0.889, sensitivity 79.5%, specificity 86.3%). Conclusions: AISI, SII, and SIRI represent reliable, easily obtainable, and noninvasive biomarkers for assessing inflammatory severity and predicting gangrenous transformation in acute calculous cholecystitis. Their integration into preoperative evaluation could improve early risk stratification, surgical planning, and patient outcomes.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics16030441","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,2]],"date-time":"2026-02-02T14:12:46Z","timestamp":1770041566000},"page":"441","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of AISI, SII, and SIRI in Predicting Gangrenous Evolution of Acute Lithiasic Cholecystitis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3277-1198","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Catalin Vladut Ionut","family":"Feier","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Abdominal Surgery and Phlebology Research Center, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"},{"name":"First Surgery Clinic, \u201cPius Brinzeu\u201d Clinical Emergency Hospital, 300723 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Melania Veronica","family":"Ardelean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department V, Internal Medicine I, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0000-8647-1003","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vasile","family":"Gaborean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thoracic Surgery Research Center, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"},{"name":"Department of Surgical Semiology, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0497-0405","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Calin","family":"Muntean","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, Department III-Functional Sciences, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alaviana Monique","family":"Faur","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Doctoral Studies, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vladut Iosif","family":"Rus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Beniamin Sorin","family":"Dragan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Medicine, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3045-6282","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marius Sorin","family":"Murariu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Abdominal Surgery and Phlebology Research Center, \u201cVictor Babe\u015f\u201d University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timi\u015foara, Eftimie Murgu Square No. 2, 300041 Timi\u015foara, Romania"},{"name":"First Surgery Clinic, \u201cPius Brinzeu\u201d Clinical Emergency Hospital, 300723 Timi\u015foara, Romania"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"818","article-title":"An investigation into the predictive role of serum inflammatory parameters in the diagnosis of complicated acute cholecystitis","volume":"28","author":"Tosun","year":"2022","journal-title":"Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"93","DOI":"10.1586\/17474124.2016.1109445","article-title":"Management of gallstones and its related complications","volume":"10","author":"Portincasa","year":"2016","journal-title":"Expert. 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