Perforation as a cause of failure in the conservative treatment of acute cholecystitis: Is percutaneous cholecystostomy a sufficient treatment?
Open Access
- 1 November 2019
- journal article
- Published by Peertechz Publications Private Limited in Journal of Surgery and Surgical Research
- Vol. 5 (2), 087-092
- https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-2968.000080
Abstract
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of percutaneous cholecystostomy in acute cholecystitis cases with high surgical risk that were treated conservatively and developed perforation.Keywords
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