Use of cholecystostomy tubes in the management of patients with primary diagnosis of acute cholecystitis

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-201

  Cherng, Nicole ^a   Witkowski, Elan T ^a   Sneider, Erica B ^a   Wiseman, Jason T ^a   Lewis, Joanne ^a   Litwin, Demetrius E M ^a   Santry, Heena P ^a   Cahan, Mitchell ^a   Shah, Shimul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AC; acute cholecystitis; CCT; cholecystectomy tube; CONV; laparoscopic cholecystectomy; LC; OC; open cholecystectomy; open conversion; pCCT; percutaneously placed cholecystostomy tube; sCCT; surgically placed cholecystostomy tube

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY TUBE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

AGED; CHOLECYSTITIS, ACUTE; CHOLECYSTOGRAPHY; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856089592     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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