Percutaneous Cholecystostomy is a minimally invasiver technique for the treatment of acute cholecystitis. We recently performed the procedure for an elderly gentleman suffering with severe abdominal pain. With help of ultrasound and fluoroscopy in our cathlab, the gall bladder was punctured through the skin and liver (transhepatic approach). A
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Tuesday, 29 January 2013
Minimally invasive intervention for Liver Cancer
We recently performed superselective Trans Arterial Chemo Embolization (TACE) for liver cancer. The patient was an elderly lady who had inoperable liver cancer. Using microcatheters (less than a millimeter diameter), we reached the arteries supplying the cancer. The skin incision in the groin was less than 3 mm in size
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