Clinical and operative outcomes of patients with acute cholecystitis who are treated initially with image-guided cholecystostomy | Zendy

Ida Molavi | Zendy; Angela E. Schellenberg | Zendy; Francis Christian | Zendy

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Clinical and operative outcomes of patients with acute cholecystitis who are treated initially with image-guided cholecystostomy

Author(s) -

Ida Molavi,

Angela E. Schellenberg,

Francis Christian

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.003517

Subject(s) - medicine , acute cholecystitis , cholecystostomy , cholecystitis , general surgery , cholecystectomy , radiology , surgery , gallbladder

Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) tube placement followed by delayed cholecystectomy has been shown to be an effective treatment option in high-risk populations such as older and critically ill patients. The goal of this study was to review the short- and long-term clinical and operative outcomes of patients with acute cholecystitis initially treated with PC tube placement.

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