SynthesisAnaesthesiology intensive therapy2020
Readmission to hospital following laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a meta-analysis.
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- Pulmonary Recruitment Maneuver Reduces Shoulder Pain and Nausea After Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized Controlled Trial.World journal of surgery · 2021Trial
- Challenges in establishing ambulatory surgery in a Moroccan general surgery department.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Postoperative care for patients undergoing cholecystectomy: A comprehensive nursing review.World journal of gastrointestinal surgery · 2025Review
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- Development of a prospective biliary dashboard to compare performance and surgical cost.Surgical endoscopy · 2023Article
- Propensity score-matched comparison of safety outcomes between high-risk and low-risk patients towards early hospital discharge after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Preoperative Oral Carbohydrate (CHO) Supplementation Is Beneficial for Clinical and Biochemical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anaesthesia-A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Solve study: a study to capture global variations in practices concerning laparoscopic cholecystectomy.Surgical endoscopy · 2022Article
- Evaluating readmissions following laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the state of New York.Surgical endoscopy · 2021Article
- A meta-analysis of the use of intraoperative cholangiography; time to revisit our approach to cholecystectomy?Surgery open science · 2021Review
- Readmissions after laparoscopic cholecystectomy - you cannot change what you cannot measure.Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2020Article
- Readmissions after cholecystectomy in a tertiary UK centre: Incidence, causes and burden.Journal of minimal access surgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLaparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures. Despite this, patterns of readmission following LC are not well defined. This meta-analysis aimed to determine rates and predictors of readmission.
methodsAn ethically approved International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO)-registered meta-analysis was undertaken searching PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases from January 2013-June 2018 adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Published literature potentially suitable for data analysis was graded using methodological index for non-randomised studies (MINORS) criteria; papers scoring ≥ 16/24 for comparative and ≥ 10/16 for non-comparative studies were included. A meta-analysis of potential risk factors was performed by computing the odds ratio using Mantel-Haenszel method and fixed-effects model with 95% confidence intervals.
resultsThree thousand and eight hundred thirty-two articles were reduced to 44 studies qualifying for a final analysis of 1,573,715 laparoscopic cholecystectomies from 25 countries. Overall readmission rate was 3.3% (range: 0.0-11.7%); 52,628 readmissions out of 1,573,715 LCs. Surgical complications accounted for 76% of reported reasons for readmission, predominantly bile duct complications (33%), wound infection (17%) and nausea and vomiting (9%). Pain (15%) and cardiorespiratory complications (8%) account for the remainder. Obesity, single port LC and day case LC were not associated with increased rates.
conclusionsPain, nausea and vomiting and surgical complications, particularly bile duct obstruction are the most common causes for readmission. Intra-operative cholangiography may reduce readmission rates. Causes for readmission were inconsistently reported throughout. The mean readmission rate of 3.3% may act as a quality benchmark for improving LC, and clearer reporting of reasons for readmission are required to advance care.
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