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Table 5 Complication rates comparing peri-operative imaging and patients with neither

From: Comparison of pre-operative computed tomography cholangiography and intraoperative cholangiography in laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a retrospective analysis

 

Biliary imaging

(N = 915)

No biliary imaging

(N = 161)

p value

Operative time (min)

72.47 ± 28.53

66.29 ± 26.65

0.011

Length of stay (nights)

1.22 ± 1.26

1.42 ± 1.39

0.073

Conversion to open

9 (1.0)

3 (1.9)

0.324

Subtotal resection

10 (1.1)

3 (1.9)

0.406

Bile duct injury

2 (0.2)

2 (1.2)

0.049

Post operative bile leak

4 (0.4)

3 (1.9)

0.037

Representation

41 (4.5)

6 (3.7)

0.672

Readmission

22 (2.4)

3 (1.9)

0.678

Return to theatres

8 (0.9)

3 (1.9)

0.248