| Title: |
Selective Use of Tube Cholecystostomy With Interval Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Acute Cholecystitis. |
| Authors: |
Berber, Eren; Engle, Kristen L.; String, Andreas; Garland, Adella M.; Chang, George; Macho, James; Pearl, Jeffrey M.; Siperstein, Allan E. |
| Source: |
Archives of Surgery; Mar2000, Vol. 135 Issue 3, p341, 6p |
| Subject Terms: |
Cholecystitis; Cholecystostomy; Laparoscopic surgery; Therapeutics |
| Abstract: |
Hypothesis: Tube cholecystostomy followed by interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and efficacious treatment option in critically ill patients with acute cholecystitis. Design: Retrospective cohort study within a 4½-year period. Setting: University hospital. Patients: Of 324 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 65 (20%) had acute cholecystitis; 15 of these 65 patients (mean age, 75 years) underwent tube cholecystostomy. Intervention: Thirteen patients at high risk for general anesthesia because of underlying medical conditions underwent percutaneous tube cholecystostomy with local anesthesia. Laparoscopic tube cholecystostomy was performed on 2 patients during attempted laparoscopic cholecystectomy because of severe inflammation. Interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy was attempted after an average of 12 weeks. Main Outcome Measures: Technical details and clinical outcome. Results: Prompt clinical response was observed in 13 (87%) of the patients after tube cholecystostomy. Twelve patients (80%) underwent interval cholecystectomy. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was attempted in 11 patients and was successful in 10 (91%), with 1 conversion to open cholecystectomy. One patient had interval open cholecystectomy during definitive operation for esophageal cancer and another had emergency open cholecystectomy due to tube dislodgment. Two patients (13%) had complications related to tube cholecystostomy and 2 patients died from sepsis before interval operation. One patient died from sepsis after combined esophagectomy and cholecystectomy. Postoperative minor complications developed in 2 patients. At a mean follow-up of 16.7 months (range, 0.5-53 months), all patients were free of biliary symptoms. Conclusions: Tube cholecystostomy allowed for resolution of sepsis and delay of definitive surgery in selected patients. Interval laparoscopic cholecystectomy was safely performed once sepsis and acute infection had resolved in this patient gr... [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Complementary Index |