Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study patients according to the treatment groups
| Group A (n = 10) |
Group B (n = 7) |
Group C (n = 9) |
Group D (n = 7) |
F value | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 53.5 ± 17.7 | 64.6 ± 17.9 | 57.7 ± 11.7 | 55.6 ± 13.1 | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Gender (M/F) | 6/4 | 1/6 | 3/6 | 2/5 | – | – |
| BMI | 24.62 ± 1.98 | 24.466 ± 2.11 | 25.22 ± 2.28 | 25.13 ± 2.42 | 0.27 | 0.84 |
| Diagnosis | – | – | ||||
| Cholecystoli thiasis | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Cholecystitis | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Thickness of GB (< = 3 µm/ > 3 µm) | 1/9 | 2/5 | 3/6 | 0/7 | – | – |
| History of abdominal surgery | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| Preoperative AST (U/L) | 141.5 ± 243.6 | 83.4 ± 82.8 | 41.8 ± 41.6 | 113.3 ± 114.1 | 0.65 | 0.59 |
| Preoperative ALT (U/L) | 225.8 ± 361.3 | 132.4 ± 127.0 | 61.4 ± 82.2 | 272.7 ± 211.9 | 1.19 | 0.33 |
| Preoperative TBiL (µmol/L) | 31.0 ± 25.1 | 29.8 ± 39.1 | 28.6 ± 29.5 | 21.8 ± 9.6 | 0.15 | 0.93 |
| Preoperative DBiL (µmol/L) | 13.9 ± 17.8 | 13.6 ± 25.3 | 12.4 ± 17.1 | 7.6 ± 5.2 | 0.17 | 0.91 |
| Surgery (LC/LC + CBDE) | 3/7 | 3/4 | 5/4 | 4/3 | – | – |
| Operation time (min) | 110.1 ± 39.4 | 115.0 ± 26.3 | 82.4 ± 27.6 | 84.4 ± 25.6 | 2.11 | 0.12 |
| Postoperative hospitalization duration (d) | 3.7 ± 2.4 | 5.4 ± 4.8 | 3.1 ± 1.4 | 3.4 ± 0.9 | 0.96 | 0.43 |
Data were presented as Mean ± S.D, or as case number
LC Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, CBDE Common bile duct exploration, AST Aspartate aminotransferase, ALT Alanine aminotransferase, TBiL Total bilirubin, DBil Direct bilirubin, SD Standard deviation