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Table 4 Outcome of cholelithiasis in open and laparoscopic surgery

From: Effect of statin use on outcome of symptomatic cholelithiasis: a case-control study

 

Statin use (n = 272)

No statin (n = 272)

p-value

Surgery (laparoscopic and open)

N = 178

N = 176

 

Laparoscopic

131 (74%)

130 (74%)

 

Elective/Emergency

116/15 (89%/11%)

109/21 (84%/16%)

0.271

  Mean operation time

71.4 ± 31.5

80.81 ± 39.2

0.042

  Mean bleeding

20.8 ± 79.2

32.6 ± 88.1

0.070

  Bleeding over 100 ml

7 (5%)

14 (11%)

0.099

  Mean hospital stay, days

3.1 ± 13.5

2.2 ± 3.4

0.6001

Proportion of patients

   

with more than 3 hospital days

42 (32%)

46 (35%)

0.602

Proportion of patients

   

with more than 5 hospital days

13 (10%)

10 (8%)

0.525

Open surgery (conversions excl.)

47 (26%)

46 (26%)

 

Elective/Emergency

14/33 (30%/70%)

15/31 (33%/67%)

0.769

  Mean operation time

92.9 ± 38.1

104.8 ± 49.2

0.248

  Mean bleeding

208.2 ± 275.1

229.5 ± 276.0

0.332

  Bleeding over 100 ml

20 (43%)

18 (39%)

0.960

  Mean hospital stay

6.1 ± 4.2

6.4 ± 6.5

0.788

Proportion of patients with more than 5 hospital days

28 (60%)

25 (54%)

0.611

  1. Data are shown as mean (SD) or (percentage) unless otherwise indicated.
  2. 1Indicates the Mann-Whitney U-test.