Is Emergency Cholecystectomy a More Beneficial Treatment than Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Cholecystitis in High-risk Patients?: a comparison of mortality rates
Description
The aim of this study was to compare Percutaneus Cholecystostomy and Emergency Cholecystectomy in high-risk acute cholecystitis patients in respect of mortality, complications, length of stay in hospital, and costs. The data collected and examined included age, gender, comorbidities, 1-year mortality, cholecystitis-related mortality, complications (according to the Clavien-Dindo classification), re-intervention (within 1 year), length of hospital stay, and costs. The patients who underwent PC and EC were compared in respect of these parameters. The main aim of the study was to investigate the effect on complications and mortality of the form of treatment for acute cholecystitis. The risk factors affecting mortality were also investigated. Comparisons of data were made using the Student’s t-test for data with normal distribution, and the Mann Whitney U-test for data not conforming to normal distribution, and the Pearson Chi-square test for categorical data. Logistic regression analysis was used in the evaaluation of the risk factors of mortality. A value of p<0.05 was accepted as statistically significant.