Acute cholecystitis : Which flow-chart for the most appropriate management?

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Acute cholecystitis (AC) is a very common disease in clinical practice. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains the gold standard treatment for AC, however due to aging population, the increased prevalence of multiple comorbidities and the extensive use of anticoagulants, surgical procedures may be too risky when dealing with patients in emergency settings. In these subsets of patients, a mini-invasive management may be an effective option, both as a definitive treatment or as bridge-to-surgery. In this paper, several non-operative treatments are described and their benefits and drawbacks are highlighted. Percutaneous gallbladder drainage (PT-GBD) is one of the most common and widespread techniques. It is easy to perform and has a good cost/benefit ratio. Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD) is a challenging procedure that is usually performed in high volume centers by expert endoscopists, and it has a specific indication for selected cases. EUS-guided drainage (EUS-GBD) is still not widely available, but it is an effective procedure that could have several advantages, especially in rate of reinterventions. All these treatment options should be considered together in a stepwise approach and addressed to patients after an accurate case-by-case evaluation in a multidisciplinary discussion. In this review, we provide a possible flowchart in order to optimize treatments, resource and provide to patients a tailored approach.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:55

Enthalten in:

Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver - 55(2023), 9 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 1169-1177

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kurihara, Hayato [VerfasserIn]
Binda, Cecilia [VerfasserIn]
Cimino, Matteo Maria [VerfasserIn]
Manta, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Manfredi, Guido [VerfasserIn]
Anderloni, Andrea [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acute cholecystitis
EUS-gallbladder drainage
Fragile patients
Gallbladder drainage
Journal Article
Percutaneous gallbladder drainage
Review
Transpapillary gallbladder drainage

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Date Completed 28.08.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.dld.2023.02.005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353957720