Long-Term Management of Recurrent Cholecystitis after Initial Conservative Treatment: Endoscopic Transpapillary Gallbladder Stenting

Table 1

Patient characteristics.

Characteristics	Value
Number of patients,	19
Sex, male/female, .	10/9
Age, median (range), yr	84 (60–93)
Comorbidities,
Benign
Poor cerebral condition	8
Poor cardiovascular condition	2
Poor cerebral and cardiovascular condition	2
Poor pulmonary function	1
Ulcerative colitis	1
Bedridden due to gonarthrosis	1
Multiorgan failure	1
Malignant
Bile duct cancer	1
Gastric cancer	1
Lymphoma	1
ASA class
I	0
II	1
III	3
IV	15
Dementia
YES	15
NO	4
Severity grading per Tokyo guidelines 2013
I	4
II	15
First therapy prior to ETGBS
Conservative with antibiotics	12
PTGBA/D	7

F, female; M, male.