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Table 1 Patient characteristics and preoperative parameters

From: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic in a tertiary care hospital in Germany: higher rates of acute and gangrenous cholecystitis in elderly patients

 

Control group n (%) or mean (SD)

Pandemic group n (%) or mean (SD)

p-value

Total

Total (n)

82 (45.1)

100 (54.9)

 

182 (100.0)

Sex

   Male

32 (39.0)

46 (46.0)

0.344

78 (42.9)

   Female

50 (61.0)

54 (54.0)

104 (57.1)

Age; years

54.4 (19.0)

55.9 (17.5)

0.606

55.2 (18.2)

Number of elderly patients; > 65 yo

28 (34.1)

34 (34.0)

0.983

62 (34.1)

BMI; kg/m2

29.7 (6.3)

29.9 (6.9)

0.971

29.8 (6.6)

ASA

 1

4 (4.9)

8 (8.0)

0.637

12 (6.6)

 2

56 (68.3)

63 (63.0)

119 (65.4)

 3

22 (26.8)

28 (28.0)

50 (27.5)

 4

0 (0.0)

1 (1.0)

1 (0.5)

Previous abdominal surgery

26 (31.7)

25 (25.0)

0.316

51 (28.0)

Cholecystitis

20 (24.4)

37 (37.0)

0.068

57 (31.3)

Gangrenous cholecystitis

2 (2.4)

7 (7.0)

0.188

9 (4.9)

Biliary pancreatitis

12 (14.6)

19 (19.0)

0.436

31 (17.0)

Choledocholithiasis

27 (32.9)

26 (26.0)

0.306

53 (29.1)

ERCP with SE

18 (22.0)

18 (18.0)

0.506

36 (19.8)

ERCP with BSI

1 (1.2)

4 (4.0)

0.380

5 (2.7)

  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, BMI body mass index, BSI biliary stent implantation, ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, SD standard deviation, SE stone extraction, yo years old