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ArticleUpdates in surgery2021

Effect of antithrombotic therapy on postoperative outcome of 538 consecutive emergency laparoscopic cholecystectomies for acute cholecystitis: two Italian center's study.

Samuele Vaccari, Augusto Lauro, Maurizio Cervellera, Maria Irene Bellini, Giorgio Palazzini, Roberto Cirocchi, Valeria Tonini, Vito D'Andrea

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Article in Updates in surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Samuele VaccariDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Umberto I University Hospital, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9741-4303
Augusto LauroEmergency Surgery, St. Orsola University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, c/o Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Via Massarenti, 9, Bologna, Italy. augustola@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2292-5595
Maurizio CervelleraEmergency Surgery, St. Orsola University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, c/o Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Via Massarenti, 9, Bologna, Italy.
Maria Irene BelliniDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Umberto I University Hospital, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Giorgio PalazziniDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Umberto I University Hospital, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Roberto CirocchiSt. Maria University Hospital, Terni, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2457-0636
Valeria ToniniEmergency Surgery, St. Orsola University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum, c/o Policlinico Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Via Massarenti, 9, Bologna, Italy.
Vito D'AndreaDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Umberto I University Hospital, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9802-7716
Policlinico Umberto I · ITIRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola · ITSanta Maria Nuova Hospital · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of developing hemorrhagic complications during or after emergency cholecystectomy (EC) for acute cholecystitis (AC) in patients with antithrombotic therapy (ATT) remains uncertain. In this double-center study, we evaluated post-operative outcomes in patients with ATT undergoing EC. We retrospectively evaluated 538 patients who underwent laparoscopic EC for AC between May 2015 and December 2019 at two referral centers. 89 of them (17%) were on ATT. We defined postoperative complication rates, including bleeding, as our primary outcome. Mortality was higher in the ATT group. Morbidity was higher in the ATT group as well; however, the difference was not statistically significant. 12 patients (2%) experienced intraoperative blood loss over 500 ml and ten (2%) had postoperative bleeding complications. Two patients (< 1%) experienced both intraoperative and postoperative bleeding. On multivariate analysis, ATT was not significantly associated with worse postoperative outcomes. Antithrombotic therapy is not an independently associated factor of severe postoperative complications (including bleeding) or mortality. However, these patients still represent a challenging group and must be carefully managed to avoid postoperative bleeding complications.

Indexed as

Cholecystectomy, LaparoscopicCholecystitis, AcuteBlood Loss, SurgicalFibrinolytic AgentsHumansItalyPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeFibrinolytic AgentsAcute cholecystitisAnticoagulation therapyAntiplatelet therapyAntithrombotic therapyBleeding complicationEmergency cholecystectomyLaparoscopy

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PMID33582984
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