Miguel Sánchez-Carrasco, Juan C Rodríguez-Sanjuán, Fernando Martín-Acebes, Francisco J Llorca-Díaz, Manuel Gómez-Fleitas, Rocío Zambrano Muñoz, F Javier Sánchez-Manuel
Objective . To evaluate if early cholecystectomy (EC) is the most appropriate treatment for acute cholecystitis compared to delayed cholecystectomy (DC). Patients and Methods . A retrospective cohort study of 1043 patients was carried out, with a group of 531 EC cases and a group of 512 DC patients. The following parameters were recorded: (1) postoperative hospital morbidity, (2) hospital mortality, (3) days of hospital stay, (4) readmissions, (5) admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), (6) type of surgery, (7) operating time, and (8) reoperations...
2016: HPB Surgery: a World Journal of Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Surgery