Hanaki T, Sunaguchi T, Goto K, Morimoto M, Murakami Y, Tokuyasu N, Takano S, Sakamoto T, Hasegawa T, Fujiwara Y. 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).
Clin Case Rep 2022;
10:e05800. [PMID:
35620263 PMCID:
PMC9124613 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.5800]
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Abstract
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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