Table 1.
Preoperative data and operative parameters of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute biliary presentations
| Perioperative characteristics | Patients (n = 2399) (%) |
|---|---|
| Source of referral | |
| Other surgical consultant | 1519 (63.3%) |
| Own biliary team on-call | 552 (23.1%) |
| Other hospitals | 183 (7.6%) |
| Physicians | 145 (6.0%) |
| Number of previous admissions (n = 495) | |
| 1 | 458 (19.1%) |
| 2 | 33 (1.4%) |
| 3 or more | 4 (0.1%) |
| Referral to surgery interval in days | |
| ≤ 5 | 1929 (80.4%) |
| 6–10 | 313 (13.0%) |
| ≥ 11 | 100 (4.2%) |
| Not recorded | 57 (2.4%) |
| Operative difficulty grade | |
| I | 560 (23.3%) |
| II | 673 (28.1%) |
| III | 553 (23.1%) |
| IV | 541 (22.6%) |
| V | 68 (2.8%) |
| Not recorded | 4 (0.2%) |
| Intra-operative cholangiography | |
| Yes | 2343 (97.7%) |
| No | 56 (2.3%) |
| Bile duct exploration | 913 (38.1%) |
| Transcystic | 578(24.1%) |
| Choledochotomy | 335 (14.0%) |
| Operating time (median, range) minutes | 75 (15–570) |
| Conversion rate | 19 (0.8%) |