title: Techniques and clinical utility for percutaneous cholecystostomy.
abstract: Therapeutic gallbladder procedures offer new options for treatment of gallbladder disease. These procedures may be life-saving, may be easier than other available techniques, or may merely provide an alternative form of therapy. Further use of these techniques will likely result in improvements in PC, as well as providing an ongoing definition of the role of these percutaneous procedures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Deigo 92103.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: vanSonnenberg
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: D'Agostino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Goodacre
mesh_terms: D002758:Cholangiography; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000379:methods; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods