Ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy: An audit of day case vs overnight surgery at a community hospital in Japan

Table 1 Comparison of the characteristics of the patients in different groups

	Day case LC group (n = 50)	Overnight stay LC group (n = 19)	P value	Day case LC performed group (n = 41)	Day case LC failed group (n = 9)	P value	One night stay LC group (n =12)	More nights stay LC group (n = 7)	P value
Age (yr)	53.6 ± 14.5	62.7 ± 13.9	< 0.02	53.5 ± 14.9	54.3 ± 13.7	NS	57.9 ± 12.8	70.9 ± 12.8	< 0.05
Gender
Male	24	9	NS	20	4	NS	5	4	NS
Female	26	10		21	5		7	3
Operation time (min)	108.4 ± 41.7	107.4 ± 39.3	NS	106.4 ± 40.7	117.7 ± 47.7	NS	100.3 ± 42.9	119.4 ± 31.5	NS
Blood loss during the operation (mL)	6.6 ± 22.4	12.8 ± 20.5	NS	7.6 ± 24.6	2.0 ± 2.4	NS	10.9 ± 22.5	16.1 ± 17.6	NS

LC: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; NS: Not significant.