title: Percutaneous ultrasound guided cholecystostomy with double bubble catheter.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University Department of Surgery, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Glenn
mesh_terms: 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