When to Perform a Cholecystectomy After Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement

Authors

Neelakantan Prakash, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Edward D. Auyang, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Albuquerque, NM, USA

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Description

This chapter explores the complexities of cholecystectomy after percutaneous cholecystostomy tube for management of acute cholecystitis. Indications for and timing of PCT placement are covered, using the 2018 Tokyo Guidelines to stratify patients. Next we discuss outpatient management of cholecystostomy tubes and an algorithm for tube removal or interval cholecystectomy. We provide specific recommendations for timing of tube removal, timing of cholecystectomy, and clinical pitfalls that surgeons encounter in the management of these patients.

ISBN

978-3-030-13276-7, 978-3-030-13275-0

Publication Date

2020

Publisher

SPRINGER INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING AG

City

Cham

Keywords

Percutaneous cholecystostomy, Tube, Fluoroscopy, Algorithm

Comments

Book Chapter in: The SAGES Manual of Biliary Surgery

Recommended Citation

Prakash, N., Auyang, E.D. (2020). When to Perform a Cholecystectomy After Percutaneous Cholecystostomy Tube Placement. In: Asbun, H., Shah, M., Ceppa, E., Auyang, E. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Biliary Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13276-7_7