Research Article
‘True Day Case’ Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a High-Volume Specialist Unit and Review of Factors Contributing to Unexpected Overnight Stay
Table 1
Patient demographics: TDC versus UOS.
| | | Total (N=438) | TDC (n=332) | UOS (n=106) | P value |
| | Age (years) | 51.0±15.6 | 49.8±15.6 | 54.7±15.0 | 0.005 |
| | Female gender | 347 (79.2%) | 269 (81.0%) | 78 (73.6%) | 0.129 |
| | BMI (Kg/m2) | | | | | | Mean ± SD | 29.9±5.5 | 29.8±5.4 | 30.5±5.9 | 0.256 | | <18.5 | 2 (0.5%) | 1 (0.3%) | 1 (0.9%) | 0.426 | | 18.5-24.9 | 67 (15.3%) | 56 (16.9%) | 11 (10.4%) | 0.122 | | 25.0-29.9 | 164 (37.4%) | 122 (36.7%) | 42 (39.6%) | 0.645 | | 30.0-34.9 | 113 (25.8%) | 83 (25.0%) | 30 (28.3%) | 0.525 | | ≥35.0 | 92 (21.0%) | 70 (21.1%) | 22 (20.8%) | 1.000 |
| | ASA | | | | | | 1 | 184 (42.0%) | 154 (46.4%) | 30 (28.3%) | 0.001 | | 2 | 232 (53.0%) | 163 (49.1%) | 69 (65.1%) | 0.005 | | 3 | 22 (5.0%) | 15 (4.5%) | 7 (6.6%) | 0.443 |
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