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Table 3 Hospital admission and length of stay during one year prior to index (cholecystectomy) stay, n = 43072.

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

 

Open cholecystectomy

n = 11928

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

n = 31144

 

Admissions†, main diagnosis

Admissions

n

Days

Mean

Days

(SD)

Admissions

n

Days

mean

Days

(SD)

p-values

Heart-lung disease

1451

10.5

(16.2)

1615

6.2

(9.2)

< 0.001

Gallbladder/bile duct disease

3721

6.2

(7.6)

8264

4.0

(4.5)

< 0.001

Other diagnoses

2427

7.9

(16.1)

4883

5.1

(12.8)

< 0.001

  1. †one patient may have several admissions with different and/or same diagnoses.