Table 1.
Patient characteristics
| Hours before operation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 (n = 9) | 3 (n = 11) | 6 (n = 9) | 9 (n = 9) | 12 (n = 9) | 15 (n = 9) | 18 (n = 8) | 24 (n = 8) | |
| Age (years)† | 63.0 ± 19.9 | 67.0 ± 14.6 | 58.0 ± 8.0 | 60.0 ± 10.6 | 58.0 ± 10.3 | 65.0 ± 8.9 | 72.0 ± 15.7 | 62.5 ± 15.0 |
| Men/women (n) | 7/2 | 3/8 | 3/6 | 5/4 | 7/2 | 6/3 | 7/1 | 7/1 |
| BMI† | 22.8 ± 3.5 | 21.0 ± 2.8 | 21.8 ± 4.2 | 24.3 ± 5.1 | 26.8 ± 1.8 | 23.7 ± 3.5 | 24.0 ± 3.1 | 23.6 ± 2.4 |
| Indication for cholecystectomy (n) | ||||||||
| Cholecystolithiasis | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Gallbladder polyps | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adenomyomatosis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Chronic cholecystitis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
†
Data are presented as mean ± SD.
BMI, Body mass index.