cholecystostomy

[koh-luh-si-stos-tuh-mee, kol-uh-]

noun

Surgery.

plural

cholecystostomies 

1. formation of an opening through the abdominal wall into the gallbladder, usually done for drainage and to remove gallstones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cholecystostomy¹

cholecyst + -o- + -stomy

Example Sentences

Another option -- for patients who don't qualify for the laparoscopic approach -- is called percutaneous cholecystostomy.

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If a man suffering from gallstones went to a textbook of surgery to study his disease, he. would find things like this: "Whereas in cases of simple cholelithiasis cholecystostomy is the operation of choice, in cases of acute calculous cholecystitis cholecystectomy is to be preferred."

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