PCT: Interventional Management of Cholecystitis

Ryan M Cobb, Ian Sullivan Do, Gary S Cohen, Brian W Berg and Abhinav Patel
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Gary S Cohen: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Temple University Hospital, USA
Abhinav Patel: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, USA

Current Trends in Clinical & Medical Imaging, 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-2

Abstract: Percutaneous cholecystostomy tube (PCT) placement has traditionally served as a temporizing measure to bridge a comorbid patient presenting with acute cholecystitis and/or acute cholangitis to the current mainstay definitive treatment of cholecystectomy. While criteria outlined by the 2013revision of the 2007 Tokyo Guidelines have subsequently resulted in a rise of PCT placements, but a definitive treatment plan is lacking in cases where surgery is forgone due to excessive perioperative risk. In our single institutional retrospective analysis of acute cholecystitis patients, a majority underwent PCT, not cholecystectomy for definitive management. Within this subset of patients a majority was lost to follow up and some patients required permanent tube placement. Our findings demonstrate a deficiency in the treatment plan for cholecystitis, one that we feel interventionalists are uniquely suited to fill.

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Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.19080/CTCMI.2017.02.555576

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