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AMBULATORY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IS SAFE AND COST-EFFECTIVE: a Brazilian single center experience

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Title
AMBULATORY LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IS SAFE AND COST-EFFECTIVE: a Brazilian single center experience
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Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, June 2016
DOI 10.1590/s0004-28032016000200010
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Uirá Fernandes Teixeira, Marcos Bertozzi Goldoni, Mayara Christ Machry, Pedro Ney Ceccon, Paulo Roberto Ott Fontes, Fábio Luiz Waechter

Abstract

- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the treatment of choice for gallstone disease, and has been perfomed as an outpatient surgery in many Institutions over the last few years. - This is a retrospective study of a single center in Brazil, that aims to analyze the outcomes of 200 cases of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed by the same Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary team, evaluating the safety and cost-effectiveness of the method. - Two hundred consecutive patients who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were retrospectively analyzed; some of them underwent additional procedures, as liver biopsies and abdominal hernias repair. - From a total of 200 cases, the outpatient surgery protocol could not be carried out in 22 (11%). Twenty one (95.5%) patients remained hospitalized for 1 day and 1 (4.5%) patient remained hospitalized for 2 days. From the 178 patients who underwent ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy, 3 (1.7 %) patients returned to the emergency room before the review appointment. Hospital cost was on average 35% lower for the ambulatory group. - With appropriate selection criteria, ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy is feasible, safe and effective; readmission rate is low, as well as complications related to the method. Cost savings and patient satisfaction support its adoption. Other studies are necessary to recommend this procedure as standard practice in Brazil.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 10 19%
Student > Master 8 15%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 9%
Other 4 7%
Researcher 3 6%
Other 12 22%
Unknown 12 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 23 43%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 9%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2 4%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 2%
Arts and Humanities 1 2%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 18 33%
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