Cholecystectomy Could be Performed in Older Adults With Acute Cholecystitis

Taipei Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acute Cholecystitis

Treatments: Procedure: Cholecystectomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06601855

jessie21211

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this retrospective cohort observational study is to learn about the long-term and short-term effects of cholecystectomy in people aged 80 or over the age of 80, who have mild to moderate acute cholecystitis. The main question it aims to answer is:

Does cholecystectomy bring harm or benefit to people aged 80, or over the age of 80, who have mild to moderate acute cholecystitis? People who received cholecystectomy are compared to those who did not, for short- and long-term outcomes, with a follow up period for 18 months.

Full description

All data were collected from Shuang-Ho Hospital electronic medical record.

Enrollment: 160 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 80+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Acute cholecystitis patients aged 80 years or older

Exclusion criteria

• Grade III acute cholecystitis
• Concurrent cholangitis, common bile duct stones, pancreatitis, gallbladder cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, periampullary cancer
• Received other operations at the same admission other than cholecystectomy
• Discharged against advice of physician
• Received further management at another hospital for acute cholecystitis

Trial design

160 participants in 2 patient groups

Cholecystectomy group

Description:

Patient in this group received cholecystectomy, whether immediately, or delayed

Treatment:

Procedure: Cholecystectomy

Non-operative management group

Description:

Patients in this group did not receive cholecystectomy during follow up period