Table 2 Characteristics of in-hospital complications, in-hospital mortality rates, routine discharge rates, readmissions for complications, and cholecystitis recurrence rates
Variables | All (N, %) | Procedure type (N, %) | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Percutaneous cholecystostomy | Cholecystectomy | |||
Total mortality a | 6814 (2.88%) | 1827 (16.34%) | 4987 (2.21%) | <0.001 |
In-hospital mortality | 4936 (2.08%) | 1334 (11.93%) | 3602 (1.60%) | <0.001 |
30-day mortality after discharge | 1878 (0.80%) | 493 (4.41%) | 1385 (0.61%) | <0.001 |
In-hospital complications b | 9320 (3.94%) | 231 (2.07%) | 9089 (4.03%) | <0.001 |
Specific gallbladder/digestive system complications | 4758 (2.01%) | 84 (0.75%) | 4674 (2.07%) | <0.001 |
Infections | 2904 (1.23%) | 54 (0.48%) | 2850 (1.26%) | <0.001 |
Mechanical wound complications | 1358 (0.57%) | 38 (0.34%) | 1320 (0.59%) | 0.001 |
Complications during procedures | 908 (0.38%) | 26 (0.23%) | 882 (0.39%) | 0.008 |
Pulmonary complications | 363 (0.15%) | 53 (0.47%) | 310 (0.14%) | <0.001 |
Systemic complications | 160 (0.07%) | 4 (0.04%) | 156 (0.07%) | 0.185 |
Respiratory | 82 (0.03%) | 8 (0.07%) | 74 (0.03%) | 0.032 |
Urinary complications | 22 (0.01%) | 0 (0.00%) | 22 (0.01%) | 0.296 |
Other | 42 (0.02%) | 2 (0.02%) | 40 (0.02%) | 0.991 |
Rates of routine discharge | 229,336 (96.87%) | 9092 (81.29%) | 220,244 (97.64%) | <0.001 |
Treatment and discharge | 13,208 (5.58%) | 739 (6.61%) | 12,469 (5.53%) | <0.001 |
Transferred to outpatient treatment | 216,128 (91.29%) | 8353 (74.69%) | 207,775 (92.12%) | <0.001 |
Readmission due to complications | 3523 (1.49%) | 386 (3.45%) | 3137 (1.39%) | <0.001 |
Recurrence of cholecystitis | – | 2856 (25.54%) | – | – |
Cholecystectomy delivered | – | 2419 (21.63%) | – | – |
Elective cholecystectomy | – | 1652 (14.78%) | – | – |