Author response to: Percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis: not so safe after all

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Francis Christian. Can J Surg. 2018 Aug.

. 2018 Aug;61(4):E10.

doi: 10.1503/cjs.1861042.

¹ From the Department of General Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.

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Competing interests: None declared.

Clinical and operative outcomes of patients with acute cholecystitis who are treated initially with image-guided cholecystostomy.
Molavi I, Schellenberg A, Christian F. Molavi I, et al. Can J Surg. 2018 Jun;61(3):195-199. doi: 10.1503/cjs.003517. Can J Surg. 2018. PMID: 29806817 Free PMC article.
Percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis: not so safe after all.
Cowie S. Cowie S. Can J Surg. 2018 Aug;61(4):E10. doi: 10.1503/cjs.1861041. Can J Surg. 2018. PMID: 30067191 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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