Population‐based cohort study of outcomes following cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases



Vohra, RS, Pasquali, S, Kirkham, AJ, Marriott, P, Johnstone, M, Spreadborough, P, Alderson, D, Griffiths, EA, Fenwick, S, Elmasry, M
et al (show 632 more authors) (2016) Population‐based cohort study of outcomes following cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 103 (12). pp. 1704-1715.

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Abstract

Background The aim was to describe the management of benign gallbladder disease and identify characteristics associated with all‐cause 30‐day readmissions and complications in a prospective population‐based cohort. Methods Data were collected on consecutive patients undergoing cholecystectomy in acute UK and Irish hospitals between 1 March and 1 May 2014. Potential explanatory variables influencing all‐cause 30‐day readmissions and complications were analysed by means of multilevel, multivariable logistic regression modelling using a two‐level hierarchical structure with patients (level 1) nested within hospitals (level 2). Results Data were collected on 8909 patients undergoing cholecystectomy from 167 hospitals. Some 1451 cholecystectomies (16·3 per cent) were performed as an emergency, 4165 (46·8 per cent) as elective operations, and 3293 patients (37·0 per cent) had had at least one previous emergency admission, but had surgery on a delayed basis. The readmission and complication rates at 30 days were 7·1 per cent (633 of 8909) and 10·8 per cent (962 of 8909) respectively. Both readmissions and complications were independently associated with increasing ASA fitness grade, duration of surgery, and increasing numbers of emergency admissions with gallbladder disease before cholecystectomy. No identifiable hospital characteristics were linked to readmissions and complications. Conclusion Readmissions and complications following cholecystectomy are common and associated with patient and disease characteristics.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CholeS Study Group, West Midlands Research Collaborative, Humans, Gallbladder Diseases, Postoperative Complications, Treatment Outcome, Emergency Treatment, Patient Readmission, Ambulatory Surgical Procedures, Cholecystectomy, Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic, Prospective Studies, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Ireland, Female, Male, Time-to-Treatment, Conversion to Open Surgery, Elective Surgical Procedures, United Kingdom
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2017 07:27
Last Modified: 06 Aug 2023 06:55
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10287
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006416