Table 1.
Clinical Features of the Patients According to Timings from the Onset of Acute Cholecystitis to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
| Groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
| (Timing from onset to laparoscopic cholecystectomy) | ||||
| (<72 hours) | (4–14 days) | (3–6 weeks) | (>6 weeks) | |
| Number of patients | 11 | 20 | 52 | 17 |
| Age (years) | 48 ± 15 | 64 ± 13a | 66 ± 13b | 70 ± 16b |
| Sex (female/male) | 5/6 | 9/11 | 17/35 | 6/11 |
| ASA score 3 or 4 (%) | 0 (0) | 6 (30) | 21 (40)a | 10 (59) b |
| Comorbidities (%) | 5 (45) | 11 (55) | 32 (62) | 15 (88)a |
| Other hospital/department referrals (%) | 0 (0) | 8 (40)a | 49 (94)b,c | 16 (94)b,c |
| Preoperative PTGBDd (%) | 0 (0) | 9 (45)a | 23 (44)b | 8 (47)b |
| Severity of cholecystitis, grade II or III (%) | 4 (36) | 6 (20) | 15 (29) | 9 (53) |
a
P<.05 vs. group 1.
b
P<.01 vs. group 1.
c
P<.01 vs. group 2.
d
PTGBD=percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage.