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Journal Article
Observational Study
Percutaneous cholecystostomy is an effective definitive treatment option for acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Scandinavian Journal of Surgery : SJS 2015 December
AIMS: Acute acalculous cholecystitis can be treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy in critically ill patients unfit for surgery. However, the evidence on the outcome is sparse. We conducted a retrospective analysis of acute acalculous cholecystitis patients treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy during a 10-year study period.
METHODS: An observational study of 56 consecutive patients treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis was conducted in the period from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2012. All data were obtained by review of medical records.
RESULTS: A total of 56 consecutive patients were treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis. Six patients (10.7%) died within 30 days after the procedure. Percutaneous cholecystostomy could serve as a definitive treatment option in 45 patients (80.4%), whereas 1 patient (1.8%) required cholecystectomy due to recurrence of cholecystitis. Four patients (7.1%) were treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy as a bridging procedure to subsequent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy within a median of 8.8 months (range: 7.7-33.4 months). There was no significant difference in the risk of cholecystitis recurrence between patients with (6/37) and without (2/3) contrast passage to the duodenum on cholangiography (p = 0.096).
CONCLUSION: Percutaneous cholecystostomy is successful as a definitive treatment option in the majority of patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis. It is associated with a low rate of mortality and subsequent cholecystectomy.
METHODS: An observational study of 56 consecutive patients treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis was conducted in the period from 1 June 2002 to 31 May 2012. All data were obtained by review of medical records.
RESULTS: A total of 56 consecutive patients were treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute acalculous cholecystitis. Six patients (10.7%) died within 30 days after the procedure. Percutaneous cholecystostomy could serve as a definitive treatment option in 45 patients (80.4%), whereas 1 patient (1.8%) required cholecystectomy due to recurrence of cholecystitis. Four patients (7.1%) were treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy as a bridging procedure to subsequent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy within a median of 8.8 months (range: 7.7-33.4 months). There was no significant difference in the risk of cholecystitis recurrence between patients with (6/37) and without (2/3) contrast passage to the duodenum on cholangiography (p = 0.096).
CONCLUSION: Percutaneous cholecystostomy is successful as a definitive treatment option in the majority of patients with acute acalculous cholecystitis. It is associated with a low rate of mortality and subsequent cholecystectomy.
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