Percutaneous cholecystostomy: A nonsurgical therapeutic option for acute cholecystitis in high-risk and critically ill patients

Sao Paulo Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 260-262

  de Castro Dabus, Guilherme ^a,b   San Juan Dertkigil, Sérgio ^a   Baracat, Jamal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Critically ill patients; Percutaneous cholecystostomy

Indexed keywords

ACALCULOUS CHOLECYSTITIS; ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; COMPLICATION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LAPAROTOMY; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; SAFETY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0348143492     PISSN: 15163180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-31802003000600009     Document Type: Article

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