Research Article
Cholecystectomy in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis
Table 2
Postoperative complications within 30 days after cholecystectomy1.
| | | Number of data available | Cirrhosis
(%) | Noncirrhosis
= 62,411 (%) | |
| | Gallstone complications | | | | | | Pancreatitis | 60279 | 1 (1.3) | 374 (0.6) | n.s | | Bile duct obstruction | 60272 | 1 (1.3) | 589 (0.94) | n.s | | Cholangitis | 60279 | 0 (0) | 129 (0.21) | n.s | | Cardiovascular complications | | | | | | Acute myocardial infarct | 62488 | 0 (0) | 75 (0.12) | n.s | | DVT | 62488 | 0 (0) | 36 (0.06) | n.s | | PE | 62488 | 0 (0) | 25 (0.04) | n.s | | Stroke | 62488 | 0 (0) | 92 (0.15) | n.s | | Surgical complications | | | | | | Antibiotic compl.2 | 60251 | 8 (11.4) | 3174 (5.3) | <0.05 | | Blood transfusion | 60250 | 2 (2.9) | 402 (0.67) | <0.05 | | Liver failure | 62430 | 0 (0) | 5 (0.01) | n.s | | Wound infection | 62488 | 1 (1.3) | 153 (0.25) | n.s | | Abscess | 60278 | 2 (2.6) | 834 (1.3) | n.s | | Sepsis | 62430 | 1 (1.3) | 49 (0.07) | n.s | | Bile leak | 60275 | 0 (0) | 804 (1.3) | n.s | | Wound dehiscence | 62488 | 0 (0) | 15 (0.02) | n.s | | Bleeding | 60278 | 0 (0) | 498 (0.83) | n.s | | Perforation | 62488 | 0 (0) | 2 | n.s | | Reoperation | 62488 | 0 (0) | 34 (0.05) | n.s | | Mortality | 62488 | 0 (0) | 127 (0.20) | n.s | | Other complications | 62488 | 3 (3.9) | 2,099 (3.3) | n.s |
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1Postoperative complications from GallRiks and/or NPR. n.s = nonsignificant.
2Patients with postoperative infection requiring antibiotic treatment >1 day.
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