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DEVELOPING CLINICAL INDICATORS FOR CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Author(s) -
Ewing Hamish P.,
Cade Richard J.,
Cocks John R.,
Collopy Brian T.,
Thompson Graeme A.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00514.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , general surgery , intensive care medicine
This study sets out to develop a set of clinical indicators for the frequently performed procedure, simple cholecystectomy. Four hundred consecutive cases of cholecystectomy were reviewed retrospectively and data were collected regarding the pre‐operative condition of the patient as well as any postoperative complications. From this database a set of clinical indicators for simple cholecystectomy are recommended: wound infection rate 4.5%, re‐operation or performance of another therapeutic procedure 3.5%. length of stay 7 days, and mortality < 0.025%. These threshold figures are to serve only as a ‘flag’ to possible problems.