Current Status of Endoscopic Gallbladder Drainage

The gold standard for treatment of acute cholecystitis is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. However, cholecystectomy is often not suitable for surgically unfit patients who are too frail due to various co-morbidities. As such, several less invasive endoscopic treatment modalities have been developed to...

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Main Authors: Joey Ho Yi Chan, Anthony Yuen Bun Teoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2018-03-01
Series:Clinical Endoscopy
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Online Access:http://www.e-ce.org/upload/pdf/ce-2017-125.pdf