Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Operative Time and Hospital Stay Differences Between Sicklers and Non-sicklers: A Five-Year Comparative Cross-Sectional Study at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Jeddah

BackgroundSickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most important hemoglobinopathies that result in the formation of pigment gallstones. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a safe surgical procedure for gallstones in SCD. Currently, there is no standard or guidelines for the preoperative preparation...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2022-10, Vol.14 (10), p.e30952-e30952
Main Authors: Albakri, Lamair A, Algarni, Reem A, Alrajhi, Rawan K, Yousef, Yasmin A, Zaidi, Syed Faisal
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic
Cholecystectomy
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Gallbladder diseases
Gallstones
Gender
Hemoglobin
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Information systems
Laparoscopy
Length of stay
Medical records
Mortality
Patients
Surgery
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Summary:BackgroundSickle cell disease (SCD) is one of the most important hemoglobinopathies that result in the formation of pigment gallstones. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a safe surgical procedure for gallstones in SCD. Currently, there is no standard or guidelines for the preoperative preparation of these patients. This study aims to estimate the difference in pre-operative length of stay, operative time, postoperative length of stay, and total hospitalization length of stay among patients with and without SCD in a tertiary hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Such knowledge would aid in establishing a standard for the preoperative preparation of SCD patients for LC.MethodsData from all patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy between January 2013 and December 2018 were collected retrospectively with a comparative cross-sectional study design. Data included age, sex, BMI, clinical presentation, mode of admission (elective or emergency), preoperative length of stay, operative time, postoperative length of stay, total hospitalization length of stay, and type of surgery (day or inpatient). JMP 15.2.1 was used for statistical analysis.ResultsFrom 2013 to 2018, 793 patients underwent LC, and of those, 16 (2.018%) were SCD patients. The results showed significant differences in preoperative (p
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.30952