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Isbell KD, Wei S, Dodwad SJM, Avritscher EB, Mueck KM, Bernardi K, Hatton GE, Liang MK, Ko TC, Kao LS. Impact of Early Cholecystectomy on the Cost of Treating Mild Gallstone Pancreatitis: Gallstone PANC Trial. J Am Coll Surg 2021; 233:517-525.e1. [PMID: 34325019 DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2021.06.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2021] [Revised: 06/04/2021] [Accepted: 06/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND The Gallstone Pancreatitis: Admission vs Normal Cholecystectomy (Gallstone PANC) Trial demonstrated that cholecystectomy within 24 hours of admission (early) compared with after clinical resolution (control) for mild gallstone pancreatitis, significantly reduced 30-day length-of-stay (LOS) without increasing major postoperative complications. We assessed whether early cholecystectomy decreased 90-day healthcare use and costs. STUDY DESIGN A secondary economic evaluation of the Gallstone PANC Trial was performed from the healthcare system perspective. Costs for index admissions and all gallstone pancreatitis-related care 90 days post-discharge were obtained from the hospital accounting system and inflated to 2020 USD. Negative binomial regression models and generalized linear models with log-link and gamma distribution, adjusting for randomization strata, were used. Bayesian analysis with neutral prior was used to estimate the probability of cost reduction with early cholecystectomy. RESULTS Of 98 randomized patients, 97 were included in the analyses. Baseline characteristics were similar in early (n = 49) and control (n = 48) groups. Early cholecystectomy resulted in a mean absolute difference in LOS of -0.96 days (95% CI, -1.91 to 0.00, p = 0.05). Ninety-day mean total costs were $14,974 (early) vs $16,190 (control) (cost ratio [CR], 0.92; 95% CI, 0.73-1.15, p = 0.47), with a mean absolute difference of $1,216 less (95% CI, -$4,782 to $2,349, p = 0.50) per patient in the early group. On Bayesian analysis, there was an 81% posterior probability that early cholecystectomy reduced 90-day total costs. CONCLUSION In this single-center trial, early cholecystectomy for mild gallstone pancreatitis reduced 90-day LOS and had an 81% probability of reducing 90-day healthcare system costs.
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- Kayla D Isbell
- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice
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- University of Houston, HCA Healthcare Kingwood, Kingwood, TX
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- Department of Surgery; Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice; Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
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The safety, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis: A meta-analysis. Surgeon 2020; 19:287-296. [PMID: 32709425 DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2020.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2019] [Revised: 05/31/2020] [Accepted: 06/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND It remains controversial on the optimal timing of cholecystectomy for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis. This study aimed at comparing the safety, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness of early laparoscopic cholecystectomy (ELC, within 72 h after admission) versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DLC, beyond 72 h after admission) for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis. METHODS We performed a systematic search in the following databases: PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane library. We only included articles from RCTs which designed to evaluate the complications, conversion to open cholecystectomy, recurrence of acute pancreatitis, the length of hospital stay, and costs between patients undergoing ELC and those undergoing DLC. We schemed to analyze data using STATA 15.0 with both the random-effects and the fixed-effect models. We computed relative risk (RR) and weighted mean difference (WMD) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) based on the intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis. RESULTS A total of 4 studies involving 439 (215 vs 224) patients were included. The difference of complication rate [3.3% vs 3.2%; RR 1.03 (0.35, 3.01), P = 0.961] and rate of conversion to open cholecystectomy [3.8% vs 3.3%; RR 1.13 (0.37, 3.43), P = 0.830] are insignificant between patients who underwent ELC and ones who underwent DLC. The difference of rate of recurrence of acute pancreatitis is significant between ELC and DLC (2.17% vs 8.99%; RR 0.24 (0.08-0.70), P = 0.009). ELC does not shorten the length of hospital stay (random-effects model analysis: WMD -1.09 days (-2.67, 0.48), P = 0.173; fixed-effect model analysis: WMD -0.62 days (-1.00, -0.24), P = 0.001). CONCLUSION Compared to DLC, ELC is equally safe and feasible both in complication rate and rate of conversion to open procedure, and significantly reduces the recurrence rate of acute pancreatitis. PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER CRD42018116239.
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Bass GA, Gillis AE, Cao Y, Mohseni S. Self-reported and actual adherence to the Tokyo guidelines in the European snapshot audit of complicated calculous biliary disease. BJS Open 2020; 4:622-629. [PMID: 32418332 PMCID: PMC7397364 DOI: 10.1002/bjs5.50294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Complicated acute biliary calculous disease poses clinical challenges. The European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ESTES) snapshot audit of complicated biliary calculous disease aims to make novel comparisons between self-reported institutional adherence to the Tokyo guidelines (TG18) and 'real-world' contemporary practice across Europe. METHODS A preplanned analysis of a prospective observational multicentre audit that captured patients undergoing emergency admission for complicated biliary calculous disease (complicated cholecystitis, biliary pancreatitis, or choledocholithiasis with or without cholangitis) between 1 and 31 October 2018 was performed. An anonymized survey was administered to participating sites. RESULTS Following an open call for participation, 25 centres from nine countries enrolled 338 patients. All centres completed the anonymized survey. Fifteen centres (60 per cent) self-reported that a minority of patients were treated surgically on index admission, favouring interval cholecystectomy. This was replicated in the snapshot audit, in which 152 of 338 patients (45·0 per cent) underwent index admission cholecystectomy, 17 (5·0 per cent) had interval cholecystectomy, and the remaining 169 (50·0 per cent) had not undergone surgery by the end of the 60-day follow-up. Centres that employed a dedicated acute care surgery model of care were more likely to perform index admission cholecystectomy compared with a traditional general surgery 'on call' service (57 versus 38 per cent respectively; odds ratio 2·14 (95 per cent c.i. 1·37 to 3·35), P < 0·001). Six centres (24 per cent) self-reported routinely performing blood cultures in acute cholecystitis; patient-level audit data revealed that blood cultures were done in 47 of 154 patients (30·5 per cent). No centre self-reported omitting antibiotics in the management of acute cholecystitis, and 144 of 154 (93·5 per cent) of patients in the snapshot audit received antibiotics during their index admission. CONCLUSION Awareness of TG18 recommendations was high, but self-reported adherence and objective snapshot audit data showed low compliance with TG18 in patients with complicated acute biliary calculous disease.
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- G A Bass
- Department of Surgery, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.,Surgery, Örebro University School of Medical Sciences, Örebro, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Departments of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Örebro, Sweden
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- Surgery, Örebro University School of Medical Sciences, Örebro, Sweden
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Mueck KM, Wei S, Pedroza C, Bernardi K, Jackson ML, Liang MK, Ko TC, Tyson JE, Kao LS. Gallstone Pancreatitis: Admission Versus Normal Cholecystectomy-a Randomized Trial (Gallstone PANC Trial). Ann Surg 2019; 270:519-527. [PMID: 31415304 PMCID: PMC6949044 DOI: 10.1097/sla.0000000000003424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Early cholecystectomy shortly after admission for mild gallstone pancreatitis has been proposed based on observational data. We hypothesized that cholecystectomy within 24 hours of admission versus after clinical resolution of gallstone pancreatitis that is predicted to be mild results in decreased length-of-stay (LOS) without an increase in complications. METHODS Adults with predicted mild gallstone pancreatitis were randomized to cholecystectomy with cholangiogram within 24 hours of presentation (early group) versus after clinical resolution (control) based on abdominal exam and normalized laboratory values. Primary outcome was 30-day LOS including readmissions. Secondary outcomes were time to surgery, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) rates, and postoperative complications. Frequentist and Bayesian intention-to-treat analyses were performed. RESULTS Baseline characteristics were similar in the early (n = 49) and control (n = 48) groups. Early group had fewer ERCPs (15% vs 29%, P = 0.038), faster time to surgery (16 h vs 43 h, P < 0.005), and shorter 30-day LOS (50 h vs 77 h, RR 0.68 95% CI 0.65 - 0.71, P < 0.005). Complication rates were 6% in early group versus 2% in controls (P = 0.613), which included recurrence/progression of pancreatitis (2 early, 1 control) and a cystic duct stump leak (early). On Bayesian analysis, early cholecystectomy has a 99% probability of reducing 30-day LOS, 93% probability of decreasing ERCP use, and 72% probability of increasing complications. CONCLUSION In patients with predicted mild gallstone pancreatitis, cholecystectomy within 24 hours of admission reduced rate of ERCPs, time to surgery, and 30-day length-of-stay. Minor complications may be increased with early cholecystectomy. Identification of patients with predicted mild gallstone pancreatitis in whom early cholecystectomy is safe warrants further investigation.
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- Krislynn M Mueck
- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (CSTEP), McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (CSTEP), McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (CSTEP), McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (CSTEP), McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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- Department of Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (CSTEP), McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
- Center for Clinical Research and Evidence-Based Medicine, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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Lyu YX, Cheng YX, Jin HF, Jin X, Cheng B, Lu D. Same-admission versus delayed cholecystectomy for mild acute biliary pancreatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Surg 2018; 18:111. [PMID: 30486807 PMCID: PMC6263067 DOI: 10.1186/s12893-018-0445-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) performed after the mild acute biliary pancreatitis (MABP) is still controversial. We conducted a review to compare same-admission laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SA-LC) and delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy (DLC) after mild acute biliary pancreatitis (MABP). METHODS We systematically searched several databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library) for relevant trials published from 1 January 1992 to 1 June 2018. Human prospective or retrospective studies that compared SA-LC and DLC after MABP were included. The measured outcomes were the rate of conversion to open cholecystectomy (COC), rate of postoperative complications, rate of biliary-related complications, operative time (OT), and length of stay (LOS). The meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3 software (The Cochrane Collaboration, Oxford, United Kingdom). RESULTS This meta-analysis involved 1833 patients from 4 randomized controlled trials and 7 retrospective studies. No significant differences were found in the rate of COC (risk ratio [RR] = 1.24; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.78-1.97; p = 0.36), rate of postoperative complications (RR = 1.06; 95% CI, 0.67-1.69; p = 0.80), rate of biliary-related complications (RR = 1.28; 95% CI, 0.42-3.86; p = 0.66), or OT (RR = 1.57; 95% CI, - 1.58-4.72; p = 0.33) between the SA-LC and DLC groups. The LOS was significantly longer in the DLC group (RR = - 2.08; 95% CI, - 3.17 to - 0.99; p = 0.0002). Unexpectedly, the subgroup analysis showed no significant difference in LOS according to the Atlanta classification (RR = - 0.40; 95% CI, - 0.80-0.01; p = 0.05). The gallstone-related complications during the waiting time in the DLC group included gall colic, recurrent pancreatitis, acute cholecystitis, jaundice, and acute cholangitis (total, 25.39%). CONCLUSION This study confirms the safety of SA-LC, which could shorten the LOS. However, the study findings have a number of important implications for future practice.
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- Yun-Xiao Lyu
- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Dongyang People’s Hospital, 60 West Wuning Road, 322100, Dongyang, Zhejiang, China
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