title: [Percutaneous cholecystostomy and laser lithotripsy].
abstract: A case of acute cholecystitis in a high risk patient was treated in the acute phase with cholecystostomy guided by ultrasound and with introduction of a pig-tail catheter for drainage. Later, percutaneous laser lithotripsy was undertaken via a flexible choledochoscope. The recent percutaneous therapeutic principles and the possibilities in biliary calculous disease are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Kirurgisk gastroenterologisk og radiologisk afdeling, Hvidovre Hospital, København.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Stage
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Rasmussen
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Movild
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kehlet
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography