An observational study in Acute Cholecystitis, sponsored by King Abdulaziz University. Completed at 1 site in Saudi Arabia. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 100 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-02-25.
Sponsored by King Abdulaziz University · Observational
The aim of this retrospective study was to assess the different outcomes of early (performed on the patient's first admission for acute cholecystitis) and delayed cholecystectomy (done on a second admission) at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
This study was conducted retrospectively through reviewing patients medical records
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The data were collected retrospectively from the electronic medical records data system at KAUH. We included all adult patients who presented to the Emergency Department of KAUH with an acute cholecystitis between January 2010 and April 2018
Male and female patients who presented to the Emergency Department of KAUH with an acute cholecystitis
Exclusion Criteria:
Cholecystectomy during first admission
Procedure: Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy during second admission
Procedure: Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder) for acute cholecystitis
Type of surgery
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy or Laparoscopic cholecystectomy converted to open
Time frame: Intraoperative (during surgery) - surgery takes an hour on an average
Blood Transfusion need
* Yes * No
Time frame: Intraoperative (during surgery) - surgery takes an hour on an average
ICU admission:
* Yes * No
Time frame: Post operation "after surgery" immediately
Duration of Surgery
How many minutes did the surgery take (range)
Time frame: minutes "intraoperative" (surgery takes 1 hour on an average)
Time to operation room (hours)
How many hours from admission to surgery
Time frame: hours pre surgery
Length of stay after surgery
How many days did patients stay after surgery (range)
Time frame: Days ( usually 2 days on an average )
Plan to share: Undecided — The datasets generated and analyzed during this study are available upon request
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