ReviewFrontiers in surgery2021
Management of Patients With Acute Cholecystitis After Percutaneous Cholecystostomy: From the Acute Stage to Definitive Surgical Treatment.
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- Acute cholecystitis management in high-risk, critically ill, and unfit-for-surgery patients: the Italian Society of Emergency Surgery and Trauma (SICUT) guidelines.Updates in surgery · 2024Guideline
- Interventional Radiology in Acute Cholecystitis: A Review of Contemporary Percutaneous Strategies and Emerging Techniques.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Chronic Cholecystitis: Anatomical Variants, Pediculitis, and a Candidate Preoperative Framework for Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Feasibility and Safety of Percutaneous Gallbladder Cryoablation with and Without Gallstone Extraction for Calculous and Acalculous Cholecystitis.Cardiovascular and interventional radiology · 2026Article
- Defining endpoints in percutaneous cholecystostomy: Catheter management, patient survival, and long-term outcomes from a twelve-year retrospective study.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2026Article
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- Management of percutaneous cholecystostomy drains: a survey of real-world practices across Ireland and the UK.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2026Article
- Outcomes of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy as a Bridging or Definitive Treatment for Acute Cholecystitis.Cureus · 2026Article
- Barriers to interval cholecystectomy following percutaneous cholecystostomy in patients with acute calculous cholecystitis.Surgical endoscopy · 2025Article
- Interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis should be performed within approximately 1 week after gallbladder drainage.Surgery today · 2025Article
- Bloody Phenomenon: A Rare Case of Hemobilia From Cystic Artery Hemorrhage Following Percutaneous Cholecystostomy.Cureus · 2025Article
- Value of Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage for Advanced Acute Cholecystitis as a Bridging Procedure: A Single-Center Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The influence of percutaneous cholecystostomy duration on optimizing surgical outcomes and timing of interval cholecystectomy in ASA II patients with grade II-III acute calculous cholecystitis.Langenbeck's archives of surgery · 2025Article
- Management of high-surgical-risk patients with acute cholecystitis following percutaneous cholecystostomy: results of an international Delphi consensus study.International journal of surgery (London, England) · 2025Article
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- Percutaneous cholecystostomy in elderly patients with acute cholecystitis: Factors influencing mortality, morbidity, and length of hospital stay.Ulusal travma ve acil cerrahi dergisi = Turkish journal of trauma & emergency surgery : TJTES · 2025Article
- International Delphi consensus on the management of percutaneous choleystostomy in acute cholecystitis (E-AHPBA, ANS, WSES societies).World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2024Article
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis: A Comprehensive Narrative Review for a Practical Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Ultrasound-Guided Interventions in the Biliary System.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Assessment of Gallbladder Drainage Methods in the Treatment of Acute Cholecystitis: A Literature Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
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Abstract
Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) has become an important procedure for the treatment of acute cholecystitis (AC). PC is currently applied for patients who cannot undergo immediate laparoscopic cholecystectomy. However, the management following PC has not been well-reviewed. The efficacy of PC tubes has already been indicated, and compared to complications of other invasive biliary procedures, complications related to PC are rare. Following the resolution of AC, patients who can tolerate anesthesia and the surgical risk should undergo interval cholecystectomy to reduce the recurrence of biliary events. For patients unfit for surgery, whether owing to comorbidities, anesthesia risks, or surgical risks, expectant management may be applied; however, a high incidence of recurrence has been noted. In addition, several interesting issues, such as the indications for cholangiography via the PC tube, removal or maintenance of the PC catheter before definitive treatment, and timing of elective surgery, are all discussed in this review, and a relevant decision-making flowchart is proposed. PC is an effective and safe intervention, whether as expectant treatment or bridge therapy to definitive surgery. High-level evidence of post-PC care is still necessary to modify current practices.
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