Percutaneous gall bladder aspiration as an alternative to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Child-Pugh C cirrhotic patients with acute cholecystitis
- 1 June 2006
- Vol. 55 (6), 898-899
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2005.087841
Abstract
Gall bladder decompression by a sonografically guided percutaneous cholecystostomy was firstly reported by Radder in 1980 for gall bladder empyema and later on several studies confirmed the safety and …Keywords
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