CHOLECYSTOSTOMY Definition & Meaning

cholecystostomy

[ koh-luh-si-stos-tuh-mee, kol-uh- ]

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noun

Surgery.

plural cholecystostomies.

formation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the gallbladder, usually done for drainage and to remove gallstones.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of cholecystostomy¹

cholecyst + -o- + -stomy

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Another option -- for patients who don't qualify for the laparoscopic approach -- is called percutaneous cholecystostomy.

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If a man suffering from gallstones went to a textbook of surgery to study his disease, he. would find things like this: "Whereas in cases of simple cholelithiasis cholecystostomy is the operation of choice, in cases of acute calculous cholecystitis cholecystectomy is to be preferred."

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