Resource use for cholecystectomy with versus without cholangiography: A multicenter, propensity-matched analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intraoperative cholangiography may allow for earlier identification of common bile duct injury and choledocholithiasis. The role of intraoperative cholangiography in decreasing resource use related to biliary pathology remains unclear. This study tests the null hypothesis that there is no difference in resource use for patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy with versus without intraoperative cholangiography.

Methods

This retrospective, longitudinal cohort study included 3,151 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at 3 university hospitals. To minimize differences in baseline characteristics while maintaining adequate statistical power, propensity scores were used to match 830 patients who underwent intraoperative cholangiography at surgeon

SUBMITTER: Filiberto AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12288731 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature