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Cholecystostomy

Known as: Cholecystostomies 
Establishment of an opening into the gallbladder either for drainage or surgical communication with another part of the digestive tract, usually the… 
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Cholecystostomy NEC in ICD9CM_2014Educational aspectscholelithotomylegislation & jurisprudence

Broader (3)

GallbladderOstomySurgical incisions

Narrower (2)

Percutaneous cholecystostomyTrocar cholecystostomy

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Ultrasound-guided percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in critically ill patients: one center's experience.
BACKGROUND/AIMS The standard treatment for acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy; however, cholecystectomy is not an option in… 
1998
1998
Tissue‐independent MR tracking of invasive devices with an internal signal source
An improved MR tracking coil design is described that provides more robust tracking performance. It is shown theoretically and… 
1998
1998
Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Cholecystostomy as an Initial Treatment for Acute Cholecystitis in Elderly Patients
Background/Aims: Acute cholecystitis may atypically present itself in the elderly, thus causing diagnostic and therapeutic… 
1990
1990
Experimental Laparoscopic Surgery: Potential Clinical Applications in Urology*
Laparoscopic surgery as applied to urology has attracted limited interest from endourologists. In order to explore the… 
1988
1988
Percutaneous subhepatic cholecystostomy with removable anchor.
  • C. Cope
  • AJR. American journal of roentgenology
  • 1988
  • Corpus ID: 45613868
Percutaneous subhepatic cholecystostomy is preferable to the transhepatic technique because it spares the liver from unnecessary… 
1987
1987
Parenteral nutrition with associated cholelithiasis: another iatrogenic disease of infants and children.
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Gallstone dissolution with methyl-tert-butyl ether via percutaneous cholecystostomy: success and caveats.
Allen et al. [1] recently reported the first successful case of contact dissolution of multiple small gallbladder stones by… 
1986
1986
Cholelithiasis and aortic reconstruction: the problem of simultaneous surgical therapy. Conclusions from a personal series.
1983
1983
Idiopathic perforation of the biliary tract in infancy.
1978
1978
Incidental cholecystectomy during major abdominal surgery in the elderly.
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