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  • Title: Ultrasound-guided percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a new trial in the treatment of severe acute suppurative cholecystitis.
    Author: Mo LR, Yau MP, Tsai CC, Lin RC, Kuo JY, Chan KK, Lin YW, Lin CC, Hwang MH.
    Journal: Hepatogastroenterology; 1995 Feb; 42(1):51-4. PubMed ID: 7782036.
    Abstract:
    Seven cases of acute suppurative cholecystitis underwent percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage followed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy at the Tainan Municipal Hospital. All the patients had frank septic phenomena clinically, including fever, jaundice, leukocytosis and unstable blood pressure. Organisms were cultured from both blood and bile specimens. Ultrasound-guided transhepatic puncture of the gallbladder was performed for bile drainage, and laparoscopic cholecystectomy was subsequently performed two to five days later after the patients had stabilized. No procedure-related complications from either percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage or laparoscopic cholecystectomy were observed. All patients had early recovery, shortened hospital stay and good cosmetic results. These preliminary results show that laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe method and can be employed in those patients with symptomatic gallstone associated with suppurative cholecystitis after preoperative biliary drainage.
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