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Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage with the SpyGlass cholangiopancreatoscopy system

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 70; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.gie.2009.03.033

1097-6779

Olga Barkay, Lois Bucksot, Stuart Sherman,

Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments

Cholecystectomy has been the mainstay of treatment for acute cholecystitis (AC). In surgically high-risk patients, decompression of the gallbladder can be performed by percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage or aspiration.1-4 Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGD) has been proposed as a safe and effective method to drain the gallbladder in patients in whom the percutaneous approach is contraindicated because of severe coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia, or anatomically inaccessible location.