Abstract
Surgical cholecystectomy is associated with a high morbidity and mortality in elderly patients with acute calculous cholecystitis and underlying cardiac or pulmonary disease. Currently there are few alternatives for treating these patients. The authors have used percutaneous cholecystolithotomy in 11 such high-risk patients for definitive treatment of gallbladder calculi. In all 11 patients all stones were successfully removed from the gallbladder and cystic duct. The entire procedure--from initial tube placement to final tube removal--lasted 17-40 days (mean, 21 days). There were two complications: one minor--local wound infection--and one major--bile peritonitis with eventual death. Percutaneous cholecystolithotomy is an effective alternative therapy for acute calculous cholecystitis in elderly, debilitated patients.
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