Interventional Radiology-Operated Cholecystoscopy for the Management of Symptomatic Cholelithiasis : Approach, Technical Success, Safety, and Clinical Outcomes

OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to report the technique, complications, and clinical outcomes of interventional radiology-operated cholecystoscopy with stone removal for the management of symptomatic cholelithiasis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ten (77%) men and three (23%) women (mean age, 65 years) with symptomatic cholelithiasis underwent cholecystostomy followed by interventional radiology-operated cholecystoscopy with stone removal. Major comorbidities precluding cholecystectomy included prior cardiac, pulmonary, or abdominal surgery; cirrhosis; sepsis with hyponatremia; seizure disorder; developmental delay; and cholecystoduodenal fistula. Cholecystostomy access, time between cholecystostomy and cholecystoscopy, endoscopic and fragmentation devices used, technical success, procedure time, fluoroscopy time, complications, length of hospital stay, time between cholecystoscopy and cholecystostomy removal, follow-up, and acute cholecystitis recurrence were recorded.

RESULTS: Eleven (85%) patients underwent transhepatic cholecystostomy, and two (15%) patients underwent transperitoneal cholecystostomy. The mean time from cholecystostomy to cholecystoscopy was 151 days. Flexible endoscopy was used in eight (62%) patients, rigid endoscopy in three (23%), and both flexible and rigid in two (15%). Electrohydraulic lithotripsy was used in eight procedures, nitinol baskets in seven, ultrasonic lithotripsy in two, and percutaneous thrombectomy devices in one. Primary technical success was achieved in 11 (85%) patients, and secondary technical success was achieved in 13 (100%) patients. The mean procedure time was 164 minutes, and the mean number of procedures required to clear all gallstones was 1. One (8%) patient developed acute pancreatitis, and one (8%) patient died of gastrointestinal hemorrhage. The median hospital length of stay after cholecystoscopy was 1 day for postoperative monitoring. The mean time between cholecystoscopy and cholecystostomy removal was 39 days. One (8%) patient developed recurrent acute cholecystitis 1095 days after cholecystoscopy.

CONCLUSION: Interventional radiology-operated cholecystoscopy may serve as an effective method for percutaneous gallstone removal in patients with multiple comorbidities precluding cholecystectomy.

Errataetall:

CommentIn: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Apr;34(4):653-659. - PMID 36521792

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:210

Enthalten in:

AJR. American journal of roentgenology - 210(2018), 5 vom: 01. Mai, Seite 1164-1171

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patel, Nishant [VerfasserIn]
Chick, Jeffrey Forris Beecham [VerfasserIn]
Gemmete, Joseph J [VerfasserIn]
Castle, Jordan C [VerfasserIn]
Dasika, Narasimham [VerfasserIn]
Saad, Wael E [VerfasserIn]
Srinivasa, Ravi N [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute calculous cholecystitis
Cholecystoscopy
Choledochoscopy
Cholelithiasis
Endoscopy
Gallstones
Interventional radiology
Journal Article
Percutaneous stone removal

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 19.04.2019

Date Revised 31.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 Apr;34(4):653-659. - PMID 36521792

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.2214/AJR.17.18690

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM282030409