Research Article
Predictive Factors for a Long Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Table 4
Postoperative variables.
| | Postoperative variables, (%) | LS group
() | SS group
() | value |
| | Postoperative nausea or vomiting | | | | | Yes | 35 (25.55) | 102 (74.45) | 0.008 | | No | 54 (14.88) | 309 (85.12) | | | NRS pain score, mean ± SD | 4.62 ± 1.30 | 3.29 ± 1.22 | | | ≤3 | 19 (6.74) | 263 (93.26) | <0.001 | | >3 | 70 (32.11) | 148 (67.89) | | | Parenteral analgesia requirement (dose), median (range) | 1 (0–5) | 1 (0–4) | | | ≤2 doses | 56 (14.66) | 326 (85.34) | 0.001 | | >2 doses | 33 (27.97) | 85 (72.03) | | | Oral analgesia requirement (dose), median (range) | 3 (0–10) | 1 (0–3) | | | ≤2 doses | 22 (6.73) | 305 (93.27) | <0.001 | | >2 doses | 67 (38.73) | 106 (61.27) | | | Complications | | | | | Yes | 3 (100.00) | 0 | 0.005 | | No | 86 (17.30) | 411 (82.70) | | | Type of ward admission | | | | | Private ward | 70 (19.94) | 281 (80.06) | 0.056 | | General ward | 19 (12.75) | 130 (87.25) | |
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NRS: numeric rating scale.
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