Study on frail patients undergoing elective and emergency cholecystectomy
- Conditions
- CholecystitisDigestive System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14976998
- Lead Sponsor
- 3rd Department of General Surgery Jagiellonian University Medical College
- Brief Summary
2016 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27478493/ (added 30/11/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 126
Elective patients:
1. Age 65 years or older
2. Symptomatic and sonographically detected cholelithiasis
3. Qualified for elective cholecystectomy (symptomatic and sonographically detected cholelithiasis without any signs of inflammation)
4. Provision of informed consent to participate
Emergency patients:
1. Age 65 years or older
2. Acute cholecystitis according to the 2013 Tokyo Guidelines
3. Qualified for emergency cholecystectomy (acute cholecystitis according to the 2013 Tokyo Guidelines operated within 24 hours after admission to the surgical department)
4. Provision of informed consent to participate
1. Patients with pancreatitis
2. No consent at the time of surgery
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Post-operative complications, defined as any event occurring within 30 days of surgery that required treatment not routinely applied in the post-operative period, is measured through telephone interviews and clinic visits at 30 days post-surgery<br> 2. Post-operative mortality, defined as death within 30 days after surgery, is measured using review of medical records or contact with the appropriate registry office<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ength of hospital stay, defined as the time between the day of admission until discharge from hospital, is measured through medical record review.