Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus percutaneous catheter drainage for acute cholecystitis in high risk patients

Abstract

Aim: To assess which treatment modality, Patients with AC who are at a high risk should have a cholecystectomy performed using or percutaneous catheter drainage. Methodology: Sixty people were included in this study because they got diagnosed with acute calculous cholecystitis. Both the procedure of laparoscopic cholecystectomy and percutaneous catheter drainage were offered to them at random. Results: In terms of the need for further surgery, there was a statistically significant difference between the groups as there were 2 (6.7%) who needed re-intervention in laparoscopic cholecystectomy group and 14 (46.7%) in percutaneous catheter drainage group (p=0.001*), recurrent biliary disease as there were 2 (6.7%) in laparoscopic cholecystectomy group and 17 (56.7%) in percutaneous catheter drainage group (p<0.001*) and total length of hospital stay as the mean of laparoscopic cholecystectomy group was 4.9 (±2.77 SD) while in percutaneous catheter drainage group was 10.67 (±6.62 SD).Conclusion: Cholecystectomy with laparoscopic is favored over percutaneous drainage for high-risk individuals with acute cholecystitis. When compared to percutaneous catheter drainage, laparoscopic cholecystectomy decreased significant complications but did not affect fatality rates.