Percutaneous cholecystostomy: prognostic factors and comparison to cholecystectomy.

Tyler J LoftusElisha M CollinsCamille G DessaigneAmber N HimmlerAlicia M MohrRyan M ThomasCharles E HobsonGeorge A SarosiWilliam J Zingarelli

Published in: Surgical endoscopy (2017)

Treatment response to PC predicted 30-day mortality; DNR status, and chronic diseases predicted 1-year mortality. Although the matching procedure did not eliminate selection bias, PC was associated with persistent systemic inflammation and higher long-term mortality than CCY.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
cardiovascular events
risk factors
minimally invasive
cardiovascular disease
ultrasound guided
smoking cessation