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Digestive Disease Interventions 2017; 01(01): 022-027
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1599274
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Current Status of Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for the Management of Cholecystitis

Ying Dai
1   Beijing Cancer Hospital, Beijing Institute for Cancer Research, Peking University School of Oncology, Beijing, China
2   Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Ronald S. Arellano
2   Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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12 November 2016

30 January 2017

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Abstract

Acute cholecystitis is a disease frequently encountered in daily practice. As an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder, > 90% of acalculous cholecystitis (AC) cases are associated with gallstones. In the remaining 10% of cases, cholecystitis occurs in the absence of gallstones, which is termed AC

Keywords

acute calculous cholecystitis - acalculous cholecystitis - cholecystostomy - percutaneous drainage
 

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