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Table 3 Postoperative complications

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

Complication

Number

Management

Clavien-Dindo Classification

Allergic reaction

1

conservative

II

Postoperative delirium

1

conservative

II

Postoperative renal failure

1

conservative

II

Wound/abdominal wall hematoma

3

conservative, cooling/compression

I

 

1

conservative, blood transfusion

II

Bile leakage

2

conservative, spontaneous regression

I

Gallbladder bed hematoma

2

conservative, blood transfusion

II

Gallbladder bed biloma

1

interventional, CT-guided percutaneous drainage

IIIa

Residual stones in bile duct

2

ERCP with SE

IIIb

Cystic duct stump leak

1

ERCP with BSI

IIIb

Iatrogenic bile duct injury

1

revision, biliodigestive anastomosis

IIIb

Wound infection with abdominal wall abscess

1

surgical wound revision

IIIb

Multi-organ failure/death

1

 

V

  1. BSI biliary stent implantation, CT computed tomography, ERCP endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, SE stone extraction