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1: G Chir. 2001 Nov-Dec;22(11-12):395-400.

[Ultrasound-guided trans-parietohepatic cholecystostomy in the critical patient: current indications]

[Article in Italian]

Bongarzoni G, Bove A, Palone G, Scotti U, Pesciaioli C, Salvemini C, Danza C, Battagliola D, Lepore R, Corbellini L.

Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche Sperimentali e Cliniche, Università degli Studi G. D'Annunzio, Chieti.

The appearance of acute cholecystitis can make to complicate a natural history of cholelitiasis or post-operating time of patients that have concomitant predisposition factors. The best therapy is the cholecystectomy but somewhere for the critical general conditions is too much dangerous to make a surgical procedure. However we need to stabilize patients conditions, also for a short time. Our experience suggest us that percutaneous transhepatic cholecystostomy is a simple method without any complications, efficacious to resolve the acute sepsis in patients with cholecystitis that not be able to tolerate a surgical procedure.

PMID: 11873638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]