The Safety of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in the Day Surgery Unit Comparing with That in the Inpatient Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 1

Characteristics of the included studies.

First author	Year	Study type	Country	Diseases	Duration (mo.)	DSLC no.	Age (year)	Female no. (%)	Operation time (min)	Discharge, no. (%)	Satisfaction (%)
Studies only for qualitative analysis
Rabi [31]	2018	Case series	Pakistan	Cholelithiasis	12	113		100, 88.5%		99, 87.6%	NA
Tiryaki [30]	2016	Case series	Turkey	Symptomatic chronic cholelithiasis	48	60		45, 75%	NA	55, 91.7%	89.6%
Al-Qahtani [29]	2015	Case series	Saudi Arabia	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	48	487		426, 87.5%	NA	465, 95.5%	96.90%
AI-Omani [28]	2015	Case series	Saudi Arabia	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	60	1140		1004, 88%		1094, 96%	NA
Gelmini [27]	2013	Case series	Italy	Gallstone	36	43		28, 65		37, 86%	95.30%
Sato [26]	2012	Controlled study	Japan	Symptomatic gallstone	21	50		26, 52%		41, 82%	NA
Zarour [25]	2009	Case series	Qatar	Symptomatic gallbladder diseases	24	56	NA	27, 48%	NA	48, 85.7%	78.60%
Ali [24]	2009	Case series	Pakistan	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	18	50		5, 10%	NA	46, 92%	NA
Victorzon [23]	2007	Case series	Finland	Not mentioned	72	567		419, 74%		356, 62.8%	NA
Chauhan [22]	2006	Case series	India	Symptomatic gallstone	12	287		NA	NA	270, 94.1%	NA
Bueno [21]	2006	Case series	Spain	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	62	448		338, 75.4%		397, 88.6%	NA
Chok [20]	2005	Case series	China	Symptomatic gallbladder diseases	28	135	47.5	97, 72%	69^#	125, 92.6%	NA
Barut [19]	2005	Case series	Turkey	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	60	70		55, 78.6%		70, 100%	NA
Sharma [18]	2004	Controlled study	UK	Cholelithiasis	6	42		32, 76.2%		41, 97.6%	88.10%
Fassiadis [17]	2004	Case series	UK	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	30	100		91, 91%		99, 99%	92.60%
Siu [16]	2001	Case series	China	Symptomatic gallbladder diseases	26	60		39, 65%		54, 90%	78%
Studies for quantitative synthesis
Salleh [39]	2015	RCT	Malaysia	Symptomatic gallstones	12	29		21, 67.7%	NA	29, 100%	96.6%
Kumar [38]	2015	RCT	India	Symptomatic gallstones	NA	32		26, 81%	NA	31, 96.9%	84.40%
Barthelsson [37]	2008	RCT	Sweden	Cholelithiasis	40	34		NA	NA	34, 100%	NA
Johansson [36]	2006	RCT	Sweden	Gallstone	12	52	NA	NA	NA	48, 92.3%	NA
Curet [35]	2002	RCT	USA	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	19	43		33, 76.7%		37, 86%	NA^@
Young [34]	2001	RCT	Australia	Not mentioned	10	14		NA	NA	14, 100%	85.7%
Hollington [33]	1999	RCT	Australia	Not mentioned	20	60		NA	NA	49, 81.7%	NA
Keulemans [32]	1998	RCT	Netherlands	Symptomatic cholelithiasis	22	37		28, 70%		34, 91.9%	92%

The age and operative time were shown in ; ^@it was said more than 90% in the original article; ^#median operative time; mo.: month; no.: number; DSLC: day surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy; duration indicates the trial period; discharge indicates patients discharged on the same day within the operation.