Open AccessOperative complications and economic outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis
Author(s) -
Christopher Rice,
Krishnamurthy B. Vaishnavi,
Celia Chao,
Daniel C. Jupiter,
August Schaeffer,
Whitney R. Jenson,
Lance W. Griffin,
William J. Mileski
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v25.i48.6916
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , cholecystitis , complication , acute cholecystitis , general surgery , surgery , gallbladder
Recent management of acute cholecystitis favors same admission (SA) or emergent cholecystectomy based on overall shorter hospital stay and therefore cost savings. We adopted the practice of SA cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis at our tertiary care center and wanted to evaluate the economic benefit of this practice. We hypothesized that the existence of complications, particularly among patients with a higher degree of disease severity, during SA cholecystectomy could negate the cost savings.