Percutaneous cholecystostomy as an alternative to cholecystectomy in high risk patients with biliary sepsis: A district general hospital experience

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 99-101

  Al Jundi, W ^a   Cannon, T ^a   Antakia, R ^a   Anoop, U ^a   Balamurugan, R ^a   Everitt, N ^a   Ravi, K ^a  

^a CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Biliary drainage; Percutaneous cholecystostomy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRAINAGE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLECYSTITIS; CHOLECYSTOSTOMY; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84858210166     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588412X13171221501302     Document Type: Note

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