[Technique of percutaneous drainage under ultrasound guidance for acute cholecystitis]

J Chir (Paris). 1992 May;129(5):280-4.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Gallbladder percutaneous drainage under ultrasound guidance could offer an interesting option compared to surgery in multi-systemic disease patients with acute cholecystitis and who are considered as high-risk patients towards anesthesia and surgery. The authors describe this technics which is an easy, quick and eventually repetitive procedure with no major complications.

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Cholecystitis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cholecystitis / surgery*
  • Cholecystostomy / methods*
  • Drainage
  • Endoscopy, Digestive System / methods*
  • Humans
  • Ultrasonography