Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Transhepatic Gallbladder Drainage Improves the Prognosis of Patients with Severe Acute Cholecystitis

Table 4

Comparison of postoperative complications among the four treatment groups.

Complication (n (%))	PTGD (n = 14)	LC (n = 12)	OC (n = 8)	CT (n = 6)	P value
Wound infection	1 (7.14)	2 (16.7)	3 (37.5)	0 (0.0)	0.198
Upper gastrointestinal bleeding	0 (0.0)	1 (8.3)	2 (25.0)	3 (50.0)	0.026
Stress ulcer	1 (7.14)	4 (33.3)	3 (37.5)	4 (66.7)	0.045
Urinary tract infection	2 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	1 (16.7)	0.350
Incomplete intestinal obstruction	1 (7.14)	1 (8.3)	2 (25.0)	2 (33.3)	0.346
Infectious pneumonia	0 (0.0)	2 (16.7)	1 (12.5)	2 (33.3)	0.206
Acute renal failure	0 (0.0)	1 (8.3)	2 (25.0)	1 (16.7)	0.317
Death during hospitalization	0 (0.0)	1 (8.3)	2 (25.0)	1 (16.7)	0.317

Note: PTGD, percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage; LC, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; OC: open cholecystostomy; CT, conventional conservative treatment.