Table 6 Readmission and hospital stay within one year of index (cholecystectomy) stay, n = 43072
Open cholecystectomy n = 11928 | Laparoscopic cholecystectomy n = 31144 | p-values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Readmission† | Admissions No | Days Mean | Days (SD) | Admissions No | Days Mean | Days (SD) | |
Biliary disease | 748 | 9.5 | (17.0) | 848 | 5.8 | (10.2) | < 0.001 |
Heart-lung disease | 1158 | 14.3 | (23.4) | 1214 | 8.6 | (13.4) | < 0.001 |
Other diagnoses | 2246 | 10.6 | (25.6) | 3699 | 7.9 | (26.2) | < 0.001 |