Acute cholecystitis (AC) is the second most frequent pathology in Surgical Emergencies; laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard treatment, but not all patients are fit for surgery at the diagnostic. Percutaneous Cholecystostomy (PC) is an alternative to LC but has high comorbidity. This study aims to analyse the complications of PC and review its indications in the literature.
It is a single-centre retrospective study of 2000 acute cholecystitis in adults from January 2011 to december 2023, including demographyc characteristics, comorbidy severity defined as Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), ASA Score, Tokyo Guidelines severity classification,the indicatioons for a PC and local complications of PC.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
2,000
Complications
The main outcome measure is the complications due to the PC treatment.
Time frame: 2011-2023
Mortality
The second main outcome measure is the mortality in patients with an Acute Cholecystitis and its cause.
Time frame: 2011-2023
Types of cholecystostomy
There are different indications for cholecystostomy. To do a description of them.
Time frame: 2011-2023
Surgical Rescue
To study the patients that needed a surgical treatment and those who could be operated after recovery from sepsis and descrive the outcomes of all of them within the Clavien-Dindo Classification.
Time frame: 2011-2023
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