@article {JUNG:July 2009:0007-1285:e141, author = "JUNG, H S", author = "HUH, K", author = "SHIN, Y H", author = "KIM, J K", author = "YUN, C S", author = "PARK, C H", author = "JANG, J B", title = "Left-sided gallbladder: a complicated percutaneous cholecystostomy and subsequent hepatic embolisation", journal = "British Journal of Radiology", volume = "82", year = "July 2009", abstract = "A 68-year-old male patient with chronic hypertension, diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure was diagnosed with acute calculous cholecystitis. A percutaneous cholecystostomy using a transperitoneal approach was performed after two failed attempts with a right-sided transhepatic approach. Subsequent hepatic embolisation was performed for the treatment of haemoperitoneum due to hepatic injury after the percutaneous cholecystostomy. The presence of a left-sided gallbladder was confirmed by laparoscopic cholecystectomy after 1 week. Prior identification of this anomaly would have prevented hepatic injury through the use of a cautious procedure against mobility or careful selection of the approach routes. In conclusion, the transperitoneal approach can be easier or more preferable to perform for a percutaneous cholecystostomy of a left-sided gallbladder.", pages = "e141-e144(1)", url = "http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bir/bjr/2009/00000082/00000979/art00005" doi = "doi:10.1259/bjr/59092209" }