Summary
Fourteen patients with cholecystitis were treated by endoscopic placement of an endoprosthesis
into the cystic duct. In these patients the administration of antibiotics had failed
to change the clinical picture of cholecystitis. Clinical and ultrasonographic findings
before and two months after stenting were compared. There was an improvement in abdominal
pain in 9 out of 14 cases (64 %); fever, present in 5 patients, disappeared in all.
No clinical complications were observed. Sonographic findings in terms of gallbladder
wall thickening and sludge present within the gallbladder improved in 57 % and 88 %,
respectively. Our results indicate that this endoscopic procedure may be effective
in the treatment of cholecystitis.
Key words:
Cholecystitis - Endoscopic retrograde cholecystoendoprosthesis (ERCCE)
