Percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement for acute cholecystitis in the extreme elderly
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Tube Cholecystostomy Before Cholecystectomy for the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Percutaneous cholecystostomy is currently indicated for patients with cholecystitis who might be poor candidates for operative cholecystectomy. We performed a study to evaluate the long-term outcome of patients undergoing emergent tube cholecystostomy. METHODS This study was a retrospective chart review of patients who underwent tube cholecystostomy from July 1, 2005...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical efficacy and outcomes of percutaneous cholecystostomy as an alternative treatment option for elderly and critically ill patients who have acute cholecystitis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The medical records of patients who underwent emergency percutaneous cholecystostomy at the North District Hospital, Hong Kong from September 1999 to July 2002 were reviewed. Indic...
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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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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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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1051-0443
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.12.652