Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Better than Conservative Treatment in Elderly Patients with Acute Cholecystitis After Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage.

Seung Jae LeeIn Seok ChoiJu Ik MoonDae Sung YoonSang Eok LeeNak Song SungSung Uk KwonIn Eui BaeSeung Jae RohWon Jun Choi

Published in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2021)

ELC is recommended in AC after PTGBD for selected patients aged >80 years without CBD stones due to the high recurrence rate of BE after PTGBD-R and the difficulty associated with PTGBD-M.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
ultrasound guided
minimally invasive
prognostic factors
patients undergoing
middle aged
community dwelling
replacement therapy