Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage for different ASA grading of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis

Abstract

Objective To investigate the effect of percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGBD) on different American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) grading of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis. Methods The 324 patients with acute cholecystitis undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy who were hospitalized in Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Xianyang Central Hospital from March 2010 to December 2014 were enrolled in the retrospective analysis. According to the history of the patients with or without PTGBD before laparoscopic cholecystectomy, all patients were divided into 2 groups. One hundred and eighty four patients who underwent directly laparoscopic cholecystectomy were the control group, and the other 140 patients who underwent PTGBD+ elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy were the study group. The rates of conversion to laparotomy, total days of hospitalization, hospitalization days after cholecystectomy incidence, postoperative complications incidence, postoperative drainage were compared between two groups. The difference of clinical data between the two groups were compared under different ASA classification. Measurement data were expressed as (±s) and t-test were used for comparison between groups. Count data were compared by χ2 test. Results The rate of intraoperative laparotomy was 23.6%(33/140) in the study group and 20.7%(38/184) in the control group; the mean length of hospital stay was (7.3±3.3) days in the study group and (6.8±2.3) days in the control group; the postoperative complication rate was 2.8%(4/140) in the study group and 0.5%(1/184) in the control group; the abdominal cavity drainage rate was 80.0%(112/140) in the study group and 73.9%(136/184) in the control group; intraoperative laparotomy rate, postoperative hospital stay, postoperative complications incidence, and abdominal cavity drainage rate between the two groups had no significant difference (P>0.05). The total length of hospital stay was (17.6±4.4) days in the study group and (10.6±3.0) days in the control group, and there was a statistically significant difference between the two groups (P 0.05). Conclusions PTGBD has different effects on laparoscopic cholecystectomy in patients with different ASA grading of acute cholecystitis. PTGBD combined with laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and effective method that can turn emergent operation intoselective operation. It is worthy of extensive application. Key words: Cholecystitis, acute; Cholecystectomy, laparoscopic; Percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage