Percutaneous cholecystostomy is safe and effective in treatment of acute cholecystitis. Prompt PC improves survival in high risk surgical patients. Comorbidity severity is associated with mortality. Patients with lesser comorbidity are likely to receive eventual cholecystectomy.

EPSiT is a minimally invasive and cosmetically favorable procedure. A larger sample size and a longer follow-up is required to determine if it improves healing time and long-term recurrence rate.

Experience with complex robotic-assisted laparoscopic (RAL) hepatobiliary and pancreatic (HPB) surgery remains limited to few tertiary institutions worldwide. In this report, we focus on biliary bypass surgery, one of the more complex HPB surgeries. Over the past few decades, the laparoscopic approach has gained preference over the open approach, but the robotic approach is still uncommon. Biliary bypass is also not often performed in nonagenarians due to its inherent-associated morbidity and mortality, and these patients typically have higher surgical risks. We present two cases of nonagenarians who had recurrent episodes of cholangitis secondary to multiple primary common bile duct (CBD) stones and ectatic bile ducts. Both the patients were treated conservatively over many years with repeated endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography and stentings. They eventually presented to us and underwent successful RAL CBD exploration with hepaticojejunostomy.

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a worldwide pandemic affecting 500 million people. It is known to be associated with increased susceptibility to soft tissue infections (STI). Despite being a major public health burden, the literature relating the effects of DM and the presentation, severity and healing of STIs in general surgical patients remain limited. Method We conducted a retrospective review of all patients admitted with STI in a tertiary teaching hospital over a 12-month period. Patient demographics and surgical outcomes were collected and analysed. Results During the study period, 1059 patients were admitted for STIs, of which 936 (88%) required surgical intervention. Diabetic patients presented with higher body-mass index (BMI) (28 vs 26), larger abscess size (24 vs 14 cm2) and had a longer length of stay (LOS)(4.4 days vs 2.9 days). They also underwent a higher proportion of wide debridement as well as application of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) (42% vs 35%). More diabetic patients underwent subsequent re-operation within the same sitting (8 vs 4). There were no differences in re-admission rates within 30 days nor subsequent abscess formation in those followed for 6 months. Conclusion The incidence of STIs among DM patients represent a significant disease burden, surgeons should consider intensive patient counselling and partnering with primary care providers in order to help reduce the incidence of future STI admissions based upon lifestyle modification and glucose control