title: Thoracic Empyema Caused by Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage.
abstract: Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) is an alternative to emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomy in high-risk patients with acute cholecystitis. Severe complications of this procedure are rare, except for drainage tube-related complications. A case of thoracic empyema, which is a rare complication of PTGBD, is reported; penetration of the pleural cavity seemed to be the cause of the thoracic empyema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Ehime Medical Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Shungo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yukumi
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Masamitsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Seiya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ueda
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuta
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D041881:Cholecystitis, Acute / Q000601:surgery*; D002767:Cholecystostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome