Effect of surgical timing on postoperative outcomes in patients with acute cholecystitis after delayed percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage

Table 4 Surgical outcomes between the two groups of patients after PTGBD, mean ± SD

Outcome measures	Early LC group (n = 32)	Delayed LC group (n = 36)	P value
LC surgery time (minute)	108.3 ± 14.2	90.2 ± 12.2	< 0.001
Intraoperative blood loss (mL)	15.4 ± 5.1	16.0 ± 4.3	0.474
Operation (LC/ laparotomy)	21/11	32/4	0.021
Degree of adhesions (mild/severe)	20/12	33/3	0.004
Number of complications	9	2	0.012
Surgical site infection	3	1	0.248
Bile leakage	2	1	0.486
Hemorrhage	2	0	0.128
Pulmonary infection	1	0	0.285
Hyperamylasemia	1	0	0.285
Abdominal drainage tube placement time (day)	1.9 ± 0.7	2.0 ± 0.7	0.378
Postoperative hospital stay	9.1 ± 4.1	3.0 ± 0.9	< 0.001
PTGBD drainage tube placement time (day)	10.8 ± 1.6	19.8 ± 4.0	< 0.001
Pain index (0-10)	3.3 ± 1.3	3.7 ± 1.1	0.083
Patient satisfaction (%)	80.5 ± 11.5	85.3 ± 9.8	0.028
Total disease duration (day)	32.1 ± 5.3	33.2 ± 5.1	0.125
Total treatment costs (Yuan)	23570.9 ± 4996.1	21144.7 ± 2065.5	0.002

PTGBD: Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage; LC: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.