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Emergency Cholecystostomy and Subsequent Cholecystectomy for Acute Gallstone Cholecystitis in the Elderly by Dr G. Borzellino; G. de Manzoni; F. Ricci; G. Castaldini; A. Guglielmi; C. Cordiano is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background The morbidity and mortality rates associated with acute cholecystitis are higher in the elderly. This study reports the results of treatment of acute cholecystitis in the elderly with emergency ultrasonographically guided percutaneous cholecystostomy followed by elective cholecystectomy after endoscopic treatment of any common bile duct stones diagnosed by percutaneous cholangiography. ## Methods From January 1989 to December 1998, 92 patients aged over 70 years were treated for acute gallstone cholecystitis. A group of 84 patients with ultrasonographic signs of severe cholecystitis or an American Society of Anesthesiologists score of II to IV were submitted to ultrasonographically guided percutaneous cholecystostomy. Transcatheter cholangiography was performed in all patients and endoscopic sphincterotomy was performed before operation in patients with common bile duct stones. After resolution of the acute phase and treatment of any associated diseases, patients were submitted to cholecystectomy. ## Results Cholecystostomy was performed successfully in 83 patients and permitted resolution of the acute attack in all after a mean period of 1·8 days. Cholang
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- Author
- Dr G. Borzellino; G. de Manzoni; F. Ricci; G. Castaldini; A. Guglielmi; C. Cordiano
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square; Oxford University Press (OUP) (ISSN 0007-1323)
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)