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- Title
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage for acute cholecystitis in a patient with a left ventricle assist device: A case report and brief review of the literature (with video).
- Authors
Hanaki, Takehiko; Sunaguchi, Teppei; Goto, Keisuke; Morimoto, Masaki; Murakami, Yuki; Tokuyasu, Naruo; Takano, Shuichi; Sakamoto, Teruhisa; Hasegawa, Toshimichi; Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki
- Abstract
For acute cholecystitis in patients with left ventricular assist devices, the use of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage to calm inflammation before planned laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be helpful in safely adjusting anticoagulation and in performing safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy, as demonstrated in this case.
- Subjects
CHOLECYSTITIS; HEART assist devices; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; GALLBLADDER; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; LITERATURE reviews
- Publication
Clinical Case Reports, 2022, Vol 10, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
2050-0904
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ccr3.5800