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 FujiwaraPublished 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.
Keyphrases
- ultrasound guided
- liver failure
- left ventricular
- respiratory failure
- minimally invasive
- aortic dissection
- oxidative stress
- heart failure
- venous thromboembolism
- radiofrequency ablation
- atrial fibrillation
- acute myocardial infarction
- pulmonary artery
- hepatitis b virus
- coronary artery disease
- intensive care unit
- coronary artery
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cardiac resynchronization therapy