Percutaneous cholecystostomy tube placement as a bridge to cholecystectomy for grade III acute cholecystitis: A national analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Percutaneous cholecystostomy (PCT) is an alternative to cholecystectomy (CCY) in high-risk surgical candidates with severe acute cholecystitis. A subset of these patients ultimately undergo delayed CCY. We therefore compared outcomes of delayed CCY in patients with grade III acute cholecystitis who received a PCT on index admission, to those who did not.

Methods

Non-elective adult hospitalizations for grade III acute cholecystitis that underwent delayed CCY were identified in the 2016-2020 Nationwide Readmission Database. Patients who received a PCT during their index admission comprised the PCT group (others: Non-PCT). Outcomes were assessed for the CCY hospitalization. Entropy balancing was used to generate sample weights to adjust for difference

SUBMITTER: Curry J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831282 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature