title: [Percutaneous cholecystostomy in treating acute cholecystitis in patients at risk].
abstract: Percutaneous cholecystostomy was performed in 17 poor surgical risk patients. 16 patients developed acute acalculous cholecystitis postoperatively in the intensive care unit, 1 patient had an acute cholecystitis with calculi. Diagnostic imaging using CT and US was specific for acute cholecystitis in 58% only. Percutaneous cholecystostomy was the definitive treatment in 69% of the patients. Additional cholecystectomy was required in 3 patients with complicated cholecystitis, in 1 patient with bile leakage after catheter dislocation and in 1 patient with gallbladder calculi. 3 patients died, 2 of them from reasons unrelated to the gallbladder disease. Radiology-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy performed by a transhepatic approach is a safe and effective procedure for acute cholecystitis in high-risk patients.
authors.affiliation: Radiologische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universität München, Klinikum Grosshadern.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Forst
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nattermann
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pratschke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery*; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk
vernacular_title: Perkutane Cholezystostomie in der Behandlung der akuten Cholezystitis des Risikopatienten.