From: Effect of statin use on outcome of symptomatic cholelithiasis: a case-control study
Statin use (n = 272) | No statin (n = 272) | p-value | |
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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 |