Background Bile duct injury (BDI) is the most common serious complication of laparoscopic
cholecystectomy. To address this problem, a multi-society consensus conference was held …

Background Acute calculus cholecystitis (ACC) has a high incidence in the general
population. The presence of several areas of uncertainty, along with the availability of new …

Abstract Background/Purpose Endoscopic transpapillary gallbladder drainage (ETGBD),
including endoscopic nasogallbladder drainage (ENGBD) and endoscopic gallbladder …

Background In elderly patients with calculous acute cholecystitis, the risk of emergency
surgery is high, and percutaneous cholecystostomy tube drainage (PC) combined with …

Background The Tokyo Guidelines were published in 2007 and updated in 2013 and 2018,
with recommendations for the diagnosis and management of acute cholecystitis. We …

Background and Aim Endoscopic ultrasound‐guided gallbladder drainage (EUS‐GBD) is an
emerging option for acute cholecystitis in non‐surgical candidates. Combining endoscopic …

Background The optimal timing for early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC) in patients
with acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) is still controversial. The aim of this study was to …

Background: There are currently no guidelines concerning the advisability and timing of tube
removal following percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD). The present …

Bile duct injury is an uncommon but dangerous complication of cholecystectomy. The
incidence of bile duct injury used to be low (0.1–0.2%) during the open cholecystectomy era …

Materials and Methods: Retrospective observational study of consecutive patients who
underwent PC for acute cholecystitis from January 2012 to December 2017. We first …