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Surgical cholecystostomy has proven value in the management of both inflammatory and obstructive biliary tract disease
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The etiology of biliary obstruction can be benign or malignant. Benign disease, such as calculi, strictures, or pancreatitis, can be common causes in adult patients [5], whereas benign strictures including posttransplant anastomotic strictures and strictures secondary to hepatic artery insufficiency, stone disease, infection, and iatrogenic causes can be seen in children [6]. Obstruction can also be seen in the setting of biliary tract abnormalities, such as biliary atresia in neonates and symptomatic choledochal cysts, autoimmune pancreatitis, and sclerosing cholangitis in older children [7]. Biliary obstruction secondary to neoplasm commonly occurs with pancreatic cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, or metastases in adult patients and biliary rhabdomyosarcoma or neuroblastoma in younger patients [8].
The question remains as to whether all patients undergoing PCT drainage require a definitive cholecystectomy. Previous publications have suggested that there is a reluctance to use PCT in older and comorbid patients due to concerns of potentially committing such patients to an interval surgical procedure for which they may not be suitable.
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Mostafa Hashem Mahmoud Othman, professor; Basma Fawzy Abd Elhameed, Resident doctor
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