Research Article
Is Nighttime Really Not the Right Time for a Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?
Table 1
Patient clinicopathologic and operative characteristics.
| | Variable | Number (); n=1553 |
| | Patient characteristics | |
| | Gender (female) | 988 (63.6) | | Age (median [range]) | 55 | | Previous abdominal surgery | | | None | 1177 (75.8) | | Laparoscopic | 219 (14.1) | | Laparotomy | 157 (10.1) |
| | Preoperative details | |
| | Indication for surgery–multiple options possible | | Bile stone colics | 1055 (67.9) | | Cholecystitis à froid | 138 (8.9) | | Acute cholecystitis | 195 (12.6) | | Bile duct stones | 59 (3.8) | | Biliary pancreatitis | 103 (6.6) | | Other | 42 (2.7) | | Timing of surgery | | | Elective | 1341 (86.3) | | Emergency | 212 (13.7) | | Out-of-hours procedure | 145 (9.3) |
| | Perioperative variables | |
| | Usage of antibiotics | | | No | 971 (62.5) | | Yes–prior to operation | 400 (25.7) | | Yes–after bile spill | 181 (11.7) | | Surgeon | | | Surgical resident | 972 (62.6) | | Surgical staff | 581 (37.4) | | Critical View of Safety mentioned | 1455 (93.7) | | Bile spill | 534 (34.4) | | Conversion to laparotomy | 42 (2.7) | | Operative Time (median [range]) | 60 | | Estimated Blood Loss (median [range]) | 10 |
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