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Cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for patients with acute cholecystitis. Patients who are high risk for complications from cholecystectomy can be offered percutaneous cholecystostomy (PC) tube placement. PC can be done to bridge high-risk patients for subsequent, elective cholecystectomy. 129 patients were identified to have undergone PC at UC Davis. 122 patients had their initial tube placed by UC Davis. Manual chart review to evaluatecharacteristics of patient population who’vereceived a PC tube, including demographics,radiation exposure, complications, andtreatment course.

The study aim was to characterize patientswho received PC at a tertiary academichospital to evaluate the potential populationbenefitting from gallbladder thermoablation.