Percutaneous ultrasound guided cholecystostomy with double bubble catheter.
We have used a prototype double bubble cholecystostomy catheter in four very ill patients. This has been done under local anaesthetic using a Seldinger technique, ultrasound guidance, and a trans-peritoneal approach to the gallbladder. The catheter provides drainage, cholangiography, and is intended to allow instrumentation of the biliary tract at a later stage.
Horton
M D
MD
University Department of Surgery, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Morris
D L
DL
Glenn
D W
DW
D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014463:Ultrasonography