National Readmissions Database characterization of post-cholecystectomy care for inpatients: Readmissions and bile duct repair

•According to the US National Readmissions Database:•Inpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy accounted for 84.5% of cholecystectomy procedures with a 7% readmission rate, 0.0027% had an injury code, 0.46% required biliary to enteric anastomosis or biliary repair, and 2.98% required radiographic inter...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery Vol. 222; no. 6; pp. 1186 - 1188
Main Authors: Hill, Sarah E.M., Jensen, Hanna K., Reif, Rebecca, Karim, Saleema A., Sexton, Kevin W., Kalkwarf, Kyle J., Giorgakis, Emmanouil, Burdine, Lyle
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2021
Elsevier Limited
Subjects:
Anastomosis
Bile ducts
Bile Ducts - surgery
Cholecystectomy
Cholecystectomy - adverse effects
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic - adverse effects
Codes
Databases as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Emergency medical care
Emergency medical services
Estimates
Female
Health care
Health care facilities
Health services
Humans
Injuries
Laparoscopy
Length of stay
Litigation
Male
Medicaid
Medicare
Middle Aged
Patient Readmission - statistics & numerical data
Patients
Postoperative Care - statistics & numerical data
Reoperation - statistics & numerical data
Surgery
Teaching hospitals
United States
United States
United States > US
ISSN:0002-9610, 1879-1883, 1879-1883
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Summary:•According to the US National Readmissions Database:•Inpatient Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy accounted for 84.5% of cholecystectomy procedures with a 7% readmission rate, 0.0027% had an injury code, 0.46% required biliary to enteric anastomosis or biliary repair, and 2.98% required radiographic intervention (ERCP, PTC, IR Drain).•InpatientOpen Cholecystectomy accounted for 15.5% of all cholecystectomy procedures with a 14% readmission rate, 0.25% had an injury code, 6.27% required biliary to enteric anastomosis or biliary repair, and 5.8% required radiographic intervention (ERCP, PTC, IR Drain).
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ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2021.05.008