Cholecystostomy procedure performed first time at AH GMC Rajouri

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SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, NOVEMBER 27:–Doctors from Radiology Department here at Associated Hospital Government Medical College (AH GMC) Rajouri for the first time performed Cholecystostomy procedure successfully on a 65 years old male patient who was on anti-Tubercular treatment for Tuberculosis of the spine with empyema Gallbladder with septecemia.
Medical Superintendent, Dr. Mehmood Hussain Bajar informed that the patient was unfit for open surgery hence managed with a minimally invasive approach.
Empyema of the Gallbladder is collection of pusses in the Gallbladder which is usually the result of a progression of acute cholecystitis i.e inflammation of the Gallbladder in a background of bile stasis and cystic duct obstruction.
This is a surgical emergency that requires prompt treatment with antibiotics and urgent aspiration to reduce the risk of septic shock.
A cholecystostomy is a minor procedure that creates an opening into your gallbladder. ‘Cholecyst’ means gallbladder and ‘ostomy’ means a surgically created opening.
Cholecystostomy is a therapeutic procedure that involves the sterile placement of a needle into the Gallbladder with use of imaging guidance to aspirate the infected bile. This is followed by sterile placement of a tube for external drainage of Gallbladder contents, which completes the procedure.
The procedure has been performed by a team composed of Assistant Professor Department of Radiodiagnosis, Dr Waseem Sheikh; Assistant Professor Department of Surgery, Dr Sajid Shawl; Consultant Radiodiagnosis, Dr Arshad Choudhary and supporting staff.
The Principal GMC Rajouri, Prof (Dr) A S Bhatia; and Medical Superintendent Associated Hospital GMC Rajouri, Dr Mehmood Hussain Bajar complimented the Department of Radiodiagnosis for providing quality care services to the beneficiaries.