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Table 9 Cause of death.

From: Cholecystectomy in Sweden 2000 – 2003: a nationwide study on procedures, patient characteristics, and mortality

0–90 days after index admission

Cause of death

Open cholecystectomy n = 11928

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy n = 31144

Gallbladder disease

74

9

Biliary tree disease

9

2

Acute pancreatitis

9

0

Heart-lung disease

64

13

Other disease

82

13

Total

238

37

91 – 365 days after index admission

Cause of death

Open cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Gallbladder disease

2

0

Biliary tree disease

2

0

Acute pancreatitis

2

0

Heart-lung disease

43

27

Other diagnoses

136

57

Total

185

84