Percutaneous cholecystostomy is safe and effective option for acute calculous cholecystitis in select group of high-risk patients

In high-risk patients with acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC), percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) can serve as a bridging option to cholecystectomy [laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)] or as definitive treatment. The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of the need for permanent PC. Data from 257 PCs performed for ACC (mean age 67.3 ± 14) was collected for a 10-year period. Demographic and clinical characteristics at initial admission, co-morbidities were analyzed. Patients who underwent interval LC were defined as the surgery group (SG; n = 163, 63.4 %) and the remaining patients as the non-SG (NSG; n = 94, 36.6 %). Patients in the SG were significantly younger and had a shorter length of hospital stay (p