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. 2014 Aug 20;2014:0411.
Ref (type) Population Outcome, Interventions Results and statistical analysis Effect size Favours
Mortality

Systematic review
70 people at high surgical risk (admitted with ASA grades II–IV; APACHE II score of 12 or higher) with acute cholecystitis
Data from 1 RCT
Death
0/37 with percutaneous cholecystostomy plus early cholecystectomy
1/33 with medical treatment plus delayed cholecystectomy

P = 0.47
Not significant