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Radiology, Vol 168, 29-34, Copyright © 1988 by Radiological Society of North America

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Percutaneous cholecystostomy: diagnostic and therapeutic efficacy

RL Vogelzang and AA Nemcek Jr
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL.

Percutaneous cholecystostomy was performed in 32 patients for treatment of suspected cholecystitis (16 patients), decompression of biliary obstruction (six patients), or performance of diagnostic cholangiography (ten patients). The gallbladder was successfully catheterized in 32 of 32 patients (100%), and therapeutic or diagnostic benefit was achieved in 29 of 32 patients (91%). There were no major complications and no procedure-related deaths. There were four minor complications. In the 14 patients with severe cholecystitis there was substantial clinical improvement in 13. Five patients underwent catheter withdrawal after stabilization or long-term drainage. In biliary obstruction, hyperbilirubinemia was successfully treated with percutaneous cholecystostomy in five of six patients, and associated cholangitis was successfully treated in four of four. Ten patients underwent transcholecystic cholangiography; diagnostic visualization was achieved in all, including seven who underwent percutaneous cholecystostomy-assisted transhepatic biliary drainage. Percutaneous cholecystostomy is a safe and effective procedure in diagnosis and treatment of biliary tract problems.


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