Abstract | OBJECTIVE: MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data from the Swedish National Patient Register and the Cause of Death Register 1988-2006 comprising hospital stays with a primary diagnosis of gallbladder/ gallstone disease in Sweden were retrieved. Patients were analyzed with reference to timing of cholecystectomy, length of hospital stay, and mortality. RESULTS: Emergency cholecystectomy at index (first) admission or at readmission within 2 years of index admission was performed in 32.2% and 6.1% of patients, respectively. Elective cholecystectomy within 2 years of index admission was performed in 20.3% patients, whereas 41.3% of all patients did not undergo cholecystectomy within 2 years. Standardized mortality ratio did not significantly change during the audit period. Total hospital stay (days at index stay and subsequent stay(s) for biliary diagnoses within 2 years) was shorter for patients who had emergency cholecystectomy at first admission compared to patients with later or no cholecystectomy within 2 years. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Birger Sandzén, Markku M Haapamäki, Erik Nilsson, Hans C Stenlund, Mikael Oman |
Journal | Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology
(Scand J Gastroenterol)
Vol. 48
Issue 4
Pg. 480-6
(Apr 2013)
ISSN: 1502-7708 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 23356689
(Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Cholecystectomy
(methods)
- Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic
(methods)
- Cholecystitis, Acute
(surgery)
- Elective Surgical Procedures
(methods)
- Emergencies
- Gallbladder Diseases
(diagnosis, mortality, surgery)
- Gallstones
(surgery)
- Humans
- Length of Stay
- Medical Records Systems, Computerized
- Registries
- Sweden
- Time Factors
- Treatment Outcome
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