The safety and efficacy of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage in elderly patients with acute cholecystitis before laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 68-73

  Na, Byung Gon ^a   Yoo, Young Sun ^a   Mun, Seong Pyo ^a   Kim, Seong Hwan ^a   Lee, Hyun Young ^a   Choi, Nam Kyu ^a  

^a Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute cholecystitis; Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958131235     PISSN: 22886575     EISSN: 22886796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4174/astr.2015.89.2.68     Document Type: Article

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