Percutaneous cholecystostomy is safe and effective option for acute calculous cholecystitis in select group of high-risk patients

2015 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 761-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Bala ◽  
I. Mizrahi ◽  
H. Mazeh ◽  
J. Yuval ◽  
A. Eid ◽  
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2012 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Al–Jundi ◽  
T Cannon ◽  
R Antakia ◽  
U Anoop ◽  
R Balamurugan ◽  
...  

INTRODUCTION Cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for patients with acute cholecystitis. However, percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is an alternative for patients at high risk for surgery. We present our five-year clinical experience with the aim of evaluating the efficacy of PC in high risk patients. METHODS A retrospective review was performed on 30 consecutive patients who underwent PC at our institution. The indications for cholecystostomy, route of insertion, technical success, clinical improvement, length of hospitalisation, in-hospital or 30-day mortality, complications, subsequent admissions and performance of interval cholecystectomy were recorded. The median follow-up period was 25 months (range: 1–52 months). RESULTS Thirty-two PCs were performed in thirty patients (mean age: 76.1 years; range: 52–90 years). The indications for PC were acute calculous cholecystitis (29/32), acalculous cholecystitis (1/32) and emphysematous cholecystitis (2/32). The route of insertion was transperitoneal for 22/32 PCs (68.8%) and transhepatic for 10/32 (31.2%). The procedure was technically successful in all patients although 2/22 transperitoneal drains (9.1%) were dislodged subsequently. Twenty-seven PCs (84.4%) resulted in clinical improvement within five days. The in-hospital or 30–day mortality rate was 16.7% (5/30). Eleven patients (36.7%) had a subsequent cholecystectomy: 6 were laparoscopic and 5 converted to open procedures at a median interval of 58 days (range: 1–124 days). CONCLUSIONS PCs are straightforward with few complications. Most patients improve clinically and the procedure can therefore be used as a definitive treatment in unfit patients or as a bridge to surgery in those who might subsequently prove fit for a definitive operation.


Author(s):  
Salih Tosun ◽  
Oktay Yener ◽  
Ozgur Ekinci ◽  
Aman Gapbarov ◽  
Murat Asik ◽  
...  

Background: Cholecystectomy is the standard treatment for patients with acute cholecystitis. On the other hand, percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) is an alternative for patients at high-risk for surgery. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical outcomes of PC. Methods: Surgically high-risk patients with acute cholecystits having undergone PC at our institution between January 2014 – January 2017 were evaluated. Data including the indications for PC, route of insertion, technical success, clinical improvement, length of hospital stay, mortality rates, procedure related complications, subsequent admissions and performance of interval cholecystectomy were recorded and analyzed. Results: The study group consisted of 30 patients with a mean age of 75.3 ( range: 49–99) years. The indications for PC were acute calculous cholecystitis in 28 (93.3%) and acalculous cholecystitis in 2 (6.7%) patients.  All procedures were performed via the transhepatic route. Twenty-five PCs (84.4%) resulted in clinical improvement within five days. A repeated PC was performed in two (6.7%) patients.  Seven (23.3%) patients underwent a subsequent cholecystectomy after 6 weeks. An emergent cholecystectomy was performed in one (3.3%) patient. Five (16.7%) patients died from underlying comorbid diseases, unrelated to the biliary system, during the follow-up. Conclusions: Patients with acute cholecystitis were promptly relieved from their symptoms following PC. There were only minor complications following the procedure and an interval cholecystectomy was necessary in only 23.3% of the patients. PC is a safe alternative to choecystectomy in high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis with satisfactory results.


Author(s):  
Nusret Aky??rek ◽  
B??lent Salman ◽  
Osman Y??ksel ◽  
Tugan Tezcaner ◽  
Oktay ??rk??r??c?? ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (9) ◽  
pp. 1256-1259 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Welschbillig-Meunier ◽  
P. Pessaux ◽  
J. Lebigot ◽  
E. Lermite ◽  
Ch. Aube ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 158 (6) ◽  
pp. S-1567
Author(s):  
Krishnamurthy B. Vaishnavi ◽  
Christopher P. Rice ◽  
Celia Chao ◽  
Farhan Ahmad ◽  
William J. Mileski

HPB ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. S334
Author(s):  
Kwangyeol Paik ◽  
Ji Seon Oh ◽  
Chul Seung Lee ◽  
Sung Hoon Yoon ◽  
Dong Do You

HPB ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. e669
Author(s):  
V. Costas-Fernandez ◽  
S. Cea-Pereira ◽  
M. Casal-Rivas ◽  
E. Casal-Nuñez ◽  
F. Ausania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hua Jiang ◽  
Guo Guo ◽  
Zhimin Yao ◽  
Yuehua Wang

Abstract Background Cholecystostomy offers an alternative method for patients unfit to undergo immediate cholecystectomy. Nevertheless, the role of cholecystostomy in the clinical management of high-risk surgical patients remains unclear. One of the main problems concerning the therapeutic effect in critically ill patients with acute cholecystitis is the lack of validated, well-established scoring systems to stratify the severity of patient disease states. APACHE IV scoring system was useful to estimate the hospital mortality for high-risk patients. We try to evaluate the performance of the APACHE IV scoring system in patients over 65 years of age with acute cholecystitis and the therapeutic effect of percutaneous cholecystostomy. Methods 597 patients over 65 years of age with acute cholecystitis between January 2011 and December 2018 were retrospectively analyzed with the APACHE IV scores. Results Among the 597 patients, 52 successfully underwent cholecystectomy (2 died, 3.85%), 65 underwent percutaneous cholecystostomy (1 died, 1.54%), and 480 received conservative therapy (27 died, 5.63%). The fitness of the APACHE IV score prediction is good with the area under the ROC curve of 0.894. The APACHE IV models were well-calibrated (with the Hosmer-Lemeshow statistic). Using the method of binary regression analysis, for the patients whose estimated mortality rate was more than 10%, cholecystostomy was an important factor for prognosis (P = 0.048). The estimated mortality of PC patients before and after operation was compared, which indicated that the estimated mortality after puncture was significantly decreased, either in the whole patient group (P = 0.004) or in the group with an estimated mortality greater than 10% (P = 0.008). Conclusion The APACHE IV scoring system showed that cholecystostomy was a safe and effective treatment for elderly high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis.


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