Am J Surg. 2023 Jul 11:S0002-9610(23)00328-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.07.019. Online ahead of print.
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION: Nonoperative management (NOM) of acute calculous cholecystitis (ACC) in patients with cirrhosis was proposed. We examined the outcomes of cirrhotic patients with ACC treated with cholecystectomy compared to NOM.
METHODS: We analyzed the 2017-Nationwide Readmissions Database including cirrhotic patients with ACC. Patients were stratified: cholecystectomy, percutaneous cholecystostomy (PCT), and antibiotics only.
PRIMARY OUTCOMES: complications, failure of NOM.
SECONDARY OUTCOMES: mortality, length of stay (LOS), and charges.
RESULTS: 3454 patients were identified. 1832 underwent cholecystectomy, 360 PCT, and 1262 were treated with antibiotics. PCT patients had higher mortality 16.9% vs. the antibiotics group 10.9% vs. cholecystectomy group 4.2%. PCT patients had longer LOS, but lower charges compared to the operative group. Failure of NOM was 28.2%. On regression, PCT was associated with mortality.
CONCLUSION: ACC remains a morbid disease in cirrhosis patients. One in three failed NOM, had longer LOS, and higher mortality. Further studies are warranted to identify predictors of NOM failure.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, prognostic.
PMID:37482476 | DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2023.07.019