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Ariana R Tagliaferri1, Gabriel Melki2, Yana Cavanagh3
1Internal Medicine, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center, Paterson, USA.
Abstract:
The management of gallbladder diseases, including acute cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis, puts a significant strain on healthcare. The first-line treatment for acute cholecystitis is cholecystectomy. Patients who have concomitant choledocholithiasis, large stones, and/or gallstone pancreatitis may also benefit from endoscopic interventions. Endoscopic treatments may also be utilized in patients who are not surgical candidates due to underlying comorbidities. Studies examining the role of endoscopic lithotripsy in concomitant cholecystitis are limited. Herein we present a case series in which an AXIOS stent (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Massachusetts) was placed into the gallbladder for decompression and utilized to access the gallbladder lumen to perform electrohydraulic lithotripsy in two patients.
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