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Percutaneous Cholecystostomy

Figure 8 : Axial non-contrast-enhanced CT shows sludge within the gallbladder, a thickened gallbladder wall, and pericholecystic fluid (long arrow) in a patient with acalculous cholecystitis. Note the close relationship of the transverse colon (short arrows) along the potential anterior or posterior approaches.

Anatomy & Approach

Transperitoneal approach is generally anterior or anterolateral, and similarly, interposed bowel must be excluded (Fig. 8)

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