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Endoscopy 1991; 23(1): 2-3
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1010596
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Efficacy of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholecystoendoprosthesis (ERCCE) for Cholecystitis

K. Tamada, H. Seki, K. Sato, T. Kano, S. Sugiyama, M. Ichiyama, S. Wada, A. Ohashi, G. Tomiyama, A. Ueno, T. Yaman Aka, K. Kimura
  • Department of Gastroenterology, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Japan
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17 March 2008 (online)

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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)