Table 2.
Mortality and morbidity after a percutaneous cholecystostomy for acute cholecystitis in publications from 1995–2011
| Author (Year) | Patient group | Number | 30-day mortality (%) | Morbidity/complications(%) | Outcome: cholecystectomy – number (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vingan (1995)16 | Various | 34 | 7 (21%) | 2 (6%) | – |
| Allmendinger (1995)17 | Pregnant | 2 | – | – | – |
| Lo (1995)18 | Various | 48 | 14 (24%)b | 7 (12%) | – |
| Melin (1995)19 | Various | 22 | 9 (41%)a | 4 (18%) | – |
| Avrahami (1995)20 | Various | 10 | (0%) | 1 (10%) | – |
| Sheridan (1995)21 | Burns patients | 5 | 1 (20%) | (0%) | – |
| Hultman (1996)22 | ICU patients | 33 | 17 (52%)a | 2 (6%) | – |
| Famulari (1996)23 | Various | 26 | – | 1 (4%) | – |
| Patterson (1996)24 | Various | 50 | 9 (18%) | 2 (4%) | – |
| Van Overhagen (1996)25 | Various | 33 | 2 (6%) | 6 (18%) | – |
| Hamy (1997)26 | Various | 41 | 5 (12%)a | 1 (2%) | – |
| Boggi (1999)27 | Various | 11 | (0%) | 2 (18%) | – |
| Chang (2000)28 | Veterans | 24 | 6 (25%) | 4 (17%) | – |
| Li (2004)14 | Various | 25 | 5 (20%) | 3 (12%) | 8 (32%) |
| Chok (2010)15 | Various | 23 | 5 (22%)c | 1 (4%) | 8 (35%) |
| Yun (2010)12 | Various | 44 | 6 (14%)c | – | 31 (70%) |
| Gumus (2011)7 | Haemodialysis | 14 | 3 (21%) | – | – |
| Melloul (2011)29 | ICU patients | 23 | 3 (13%) | 2 (8.7%) | – |
| Kim (2011)30 | Various | 63 | 11 (17%)c | 6 (10%) | – |
| present studyd | Various | 53 | ?? (18%)d | 7 | 18 (33%) |
a
Mortality defined as mortality until hospital discharge.
b
Mortality defined as mortality within 60 days after tube placement.
c
Mortality defined as mortality until the end of the follow-up period.
d
Current study: mortality defined as mortality until hospital discharge.