Impact of B-mode-ultrasound-guided transhepatic and transperitoneal cholecystostomy tube placement on laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Table 2 Procedural details, postprocedural hospital course and complications in percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage and percutaneous transperitoneal gallbladder drainage groups, n (%)

	PHGD group, n = 58	PPGD group, n = 45	P value
Puncture site, subcostal/ intercostal	4/54	44/1	0.001b
Procedure duration in min	6.7 ± 2.1	6.8 ± 2.2	0.693
Bile culture performed, %	20 (43.1)	18 (40.0)	0.565
Bile culture positive, %	19 (32.8)	18 (40.0)	0.447
Postprocedural fluoroscopy, %	45 (77.6)	39 (86.7)	0.239
Pain score
During puncture	3.1 ± 1.9	4.5 ± 1.7	0.001b
At 12 h follow-up	1.5 ± 0.7	2.2 ± 0.8	0.001b
Fever and chills within 24 h after PC, %	8 (13.8)	19 (42.2)	0.001b
Local bleeding at PC site, %	12 (20.7)	1 (2.2)	0.005b
Days from PC to discharge	4.8 ± 2.2	4.7 ± 2.5	0.830

^bP < 0.01. PHGD: Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage; PPGD: Percutaneous transperitoneal gallbladder drainage; PC: Percutaneous cholecystostomy.