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. 2011 Aug;13(8):551–558. doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2011.00327.x

Table 2.

Comparison of operative data in patients with gangrenous and non-gangrenous acute cholecystitis

All patients (n = 290) Non-gangrenous acute cholecystitis group (n = 184) Gangrenous cholecystitis group (n = 106) P-value
Preoperative management, n (%)
 Preoperative ICU 9 (3%) 6 (3%) 3 (3%) 1.000
 Preoperative ERCP 27 (9%) 22 (12%) 5 (5%) 0.090
 Preoperative antibiotics 247 (85%) 147 (80%) 100 (94%) 0.001
Operation, n (%)
 Emergency surgery 272 (94%) 168 (91%) 104 (98%) 0.021
 Laparoscopic surgery 254 (88%) 163 (89%) 91 (86%) 0.496
 Open surgery 9 (3%) 8 (4%) 1 (1%) 0.162
 Conversion to open surgery 27 (10%) 13 (7%) 14 (14%) 0.096
 Drain tube in situ 198 (68%) 112 (61%) 86 (81%) <0.001
IOC, n (%)
 IOC performed 175 (60%) 116 (63%) 59 (56%) 0.216
 IOC detected stones 31 (11%) 21 (11%) 10 (9%) 0.599
Operative time, min, median (range) 100 (25–360) 100 (25–360) 105 (35–210) 0.401
Surgeon, n (%)
 Consultant surgeon scrubbed 150 (52%) 87 (47%) 63 (59%) 0.046
Extra procedure, n (%)
 Transpapillary stent 7 (2%) 3 (2%) 4 (4%) 0.429
Gallstones present at pathology examination, n (%)
 No gallstones identified 50 (18%) 30 (17%) 20 (19%) 0.682
 Single gallstone 57 (20%) 36 (20%) 21 (20%) 0.959

ICU, intensive care unit; ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; IOC, intraoperative cholangiogram.