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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).

Takehiko HanakiTeppei SunaguchiKeisuke GotoMasaki MorimotoYuki MurakamiNaruo TokuyasuShuichi TakanoTeruhisa SakamotoToshimichi HasegawaYoshiyuki Fujiwara
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
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.
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