title: Irrigation removal of retained gallstone following cholecystostomy.
abstract: A case is presented in which a patient, treated for acute cholecystitis by cholesystostomy, has a retained gallbladder stone removed by saline irrigation. A brief discussion is given on the  indication for cholecystostomy and its use as definitive versus temporizing therapy. In performing cholecystostomy, a catheter of diameter equal to or greater than the diameter of any stone which may be left is recommended.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002758:Cholangiography; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D002765:Cholecystography; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000379:methods*