Percutaneous cholecystostomy in the management of acute cholecystitis – 10 years of experience
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Percutaneous cholecystostomy in the management of acute cholecystitis.
BACKGROUND The mainstay of therapy for acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy, which has a mortality of 14-30% in high risk patients. An alternative approach in patients suffering from acute cholecystitis with contraindications to emergency surgery is percutaneous cholecystostomy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous cholecystostomy as the initial treatment of acute c...
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Acute cholecystitis can arise in two distinct patient populations: (1) the relatively healthy ambulatory patient who develops acute inflammation of the gallbladder as a result of gallstones and (2) the critically ill, hospitalized patient who may or may not have gallstones. For most patients with acute calculous cholecystitis, surgical removal of the gallbladder is the preferred treatment optio...
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OBJECTIVE To determine the role of ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) regarding complications and outcome in the management of acute cholecystitis in patients high risk for surgery and anaesthesia and not responding to conservative management. STUDY DESIGN Observational case series. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY The study was carried out at The Aga Khan University Hospital, K...
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AIM OF THE STUDY The aim of this retrospective study was to report the results of percutaneous cholecystostomy in a selected group of high-risk patients with contraindications of general anesthesia. PATIENTS AND METHODS From October 1995 to December 1999, a percutaneous cholecystostomy was performed in 29 patients with acute cholecystitis. There were 20 women and nine men with a mean age of 8...
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PURPOSE To evaluate the safety and long-term outcome of percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) under radiologic guidance for acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) and acute acalculous cholecystitis (AAC) in all patients undergoing that procedure at our institution. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 111 patients who underwent PC from 2004 to 2012. Patients were divided in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1895-4588
DOI: 10.5114/wiitm.2019.84704