Percutaneous Cholecystostomy in Patients with Acute Cholecystitis: Experience of 45 Patients at a US Referral Center

Abstract

In experienced hands, percutaneous cholecystostomy is easy to perform, with low complication and high success rates. It is the procedure of choice in patients with acute cholecystitis unfit for emergency surgery. Patients often improve clinically, so that cholecystectomy can be done electively.