Research Article
Predictive Factors for a Long Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Table 3
Operative variables.
| | Operative variables, (%) | LS group
() | SS group
() | value |
| | Surgeons’ status | | | | | Surgical attending | 36 (16.22) | 186 (83.78) | 0.480 | | Resident | 53 (19.06) | 225 (80.94) | | | Type of procedure | | | | | Low-pressure pneumoperitoneum (7 mmHg) | 39 (15.42) | 214 (84.58) | 0.163 | | Standard-pressure pneumoperitoneum (14 mmHg) | 50 (20.42) | 197 (79.76) | | | Use of preemptive analgesia | | | | | Yes | 11 (11.96) | 81 (88.84) | 0.131 | | No | 78 (19.12) | 330 (80.88) | | | Intraoperative antiemetic drug | | | | | Combination of dexamethasone and metoclopramide | 3 (6.00) | 47 (94.00) | 0.021 | | Ondansetron | 73 (18.25) | 327 (81.75) | | | Metoclopramide | 13 (26.00) | 37 (74.00) | | | Intraoperative cholangiogram | | | | | Yes | 4 (50.00) | 4 (50.00) | 0.037 | | No | 85 (17.28) | 407 (82.72) | | | Operative time (min), mean ± SD | 79.25 ± 33.11 | 65.24 ± 22.12 | | | ≤60 min | 33 (13.31) | 215 (86.69) | 0.010 | | >60 min | 56 (22.22) | 196 (77.78) | | | Operative findings | | | | | Thickened gallbladder wall | 16 (25.00) | 48 (75.00) | 0.116 | | Presence of adhesions | 11 (25.58) | 32 (74.42) | 0.208 | | Incidental perforation of gallbladder | 25 (28.74) | 62 (71.26) | 0.005 | | Use of abdominal drain | | | | | Yes | 5 (100.00) | 0 | <0.001 | | No | 84 (16.97) | 411 (83.03) | |
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SILC: single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
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