title: Cholecystostomy for noninflammatory disease.
abstract: Cholecystostomy in patients with noninflammatory disease of the biliary tract has rarely been evaluated. Our experience with 124 patients suggests that, in addition to being helpful in inflammatory conditions, cholecystostomy is helpful in performing cholangiography, in removing stones and in decompressing an otherwise obstructed biliary tree. The mortality associated with this procedure is minimal, and the morbidity is 4.5 percent.
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005704:Gallbladder / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies