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CHOLECYSTECTOMY: SURGICAL AUDIT
Author(s) -
McKeown D. R.,
Goulston K.,
Goard K. E.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1972.tb106495.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , incidence (geometry) , general surgery , gallbladder , population , gallbladder disease , bile duct , surgery , physics , environmental health , optics
One hundred and seventy‐three cholecystectomies were performed in the Australian Capital Territory during the 12‐month period July 1, 1968, to June 30, 1969, without mortality. The cholecystectomy rate for the A.C.T. was 130 per 100,000 of population, which is similar to English figures but less than half the American rate. Just over one‐quarter of all cholecystograms recorded in the A.C.T. over a three‐month period gave abnormal results, giving an annual incidence of gallbladder disease of 350 cases per 100,000 of population. This suggests that many patients with abnormal cholecystographic findings are not being referred for surgery. The findings of this surgical audit include an average hospital stay for cholecystectomy of 15 days; a 20% incidence of a solitary gallstone; a 20% incidence of common bile‐duct exploration; and a 30% incidental appendicectomy rate.