Table 3. Patient complications of early (less than 24 hours) versus late (more than 24 hours) cholecystectomy.

n: Number of patients; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis; PE: Pulmonary embolism

	Early cholecystectomy (<24 hours preoperative LOS)	Late cholecystectomy (>24 hours preoperative LOS)	p-value (early vs late)
Number of patients (n)	225	186
DVT/PE, n (%)	0 (0)	2 (1.1)	0.12
Surgical site infection, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (0.5)	0.27
Bile leak, n (%)	1 (0.4)	11 (5.9)	<0.01
Conversion to open, n (%)	5 (2.22)	13 (6.99)	0.019
Death, n (%)	0 (0)	1 (0.54)	0.271