ArticleBMC surgery2015
Bleeding complications in cholecystectomy: a register study of over 22,000 cholecystectomies in Finland.
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- Preoperative Group and Save Tests in Elective and Emergency Cholecystectomies: An Economic and Environmental Burden.Cureus · 2025Article
- Diagnosis and Treatment of a 64-Year-Old Man with Chyle Leak Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Case Report.The American journal of case reports · 2024Article
- Pre-Operative Group and Save in Elective and Emergency Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Necessity, Cost-Effectiveness, and Own Experience.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy after transcatheter arterial embolisation for haemobilia due to a pseudoaneurysm in the gallbladder: A case report.SAGE open medical case reports · 2023Article
- Ferritin, Serum Iron and Hemoglobin as Acute Phase Reactants in Laparoscopic and Open Surgery of Cholecystectomy: An Observational Prospective Study.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2022Article
- Are Type and Screen Samples Routinely Necessary Before Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract · 2021Article
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by general surgery residents. Is it safe? How much does it cost?Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes · 2021Article
- Peritoneal lavage: a simple tool to prevent bleeding during and after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Journal of blood medicine · 2019Article
- A Single Centre Experience of Day Case Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Outcomes by Body Mass Index Group.Surgery research and practice · 2017Article
- Impact of intraoperative cholangiography on postoperative morbidity and readmission: analysis of the NSQIP database.Surgical endoscopy · 2016Observational
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Abstract
backgroundMajor bleeding is rare but among the most serious complications of laparoscopic surgery. Still very little is known on bleeding complications and related blood component use in laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). The aim of this study is to compare bleeding complications, transfusion rates and related costs between LC and open cholecystectomy (OC).
methodsData concerning LCs and OCs and related blood component use between 2002 and 2007 were collected from existing computerized medical records (Finnish Red Cross Register) of ten Finnish hospital districts.
resultsRegister data included 17175 LCs and 4942 OCs. In the LC group, 1.3% of the patients received red blood cell (RBC) transfusion compared to 13% of the patients in the OC group (p < 0.001). Similarly, the proportions of patients with platelet (0.1% vs. 1.2%, p < 0.001) and fresh frozen plasma (FFP) products (0.5% vs. 5.8%) transfusions were respectively higher in the OC group than in the LC group. The mean transfused dose of RBCs, PTLs and FFP product Octaplas or the mean cost of the transfused blood components did not differ significantly between the LC and OC groups.
conclusionsLaparoscopic cholecystectomy was associated with lower transfusion rates of blood components compared to open surgery. The severity of bleeding complications may not differ substantially between LC and OC.
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