HOW TO PERFORM SAFELY CHOLECYSTECTOMY FOR ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

University of Catania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cholecystectomy

Treatments: Procedure: Coconut technique

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05744999

IDC-002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this manuscript is to illustrate a new method permitting safe cholecystectomy in terms of complications with respect to the common bile duct (CBD).

The core of this new technique is identification of the continuity of the cystic duct with the infundibulum. The cystic duct can be identified between the inner gallbladder wall and inflamed outer wall.

In the last 2 years, 3 patients have been treated with the reported technique without complications.

Among the various cholecystectomy procedures, this is a new approach that ensures the safety of the structures of Calot's triangle while providing the advantages gained from total removal of the gallbladder.

Enrollment: 3 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stage II acute cholecystitis according to the Tokyo guidelines
• symptom onset

Exclusion criteria

• stage I cholecystectomy

Trial design

3 participants in 1 patient group

Patients treated with the reported technique

Description:

Two females and 1 male with a mean age of 50 years were diagnosed by CT scan with stage II acute cholecystitis according to the Tokyo guidelines and were operated on within three days of symptom onset

Treatment:

Procedure: Coconut technique