Early Outcomes of Subtotal vs Total Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis

Caitlyn Braschi; Christine Tung; Annie Tang; Cynthia Delgado; Lisandra Uribe; Lara Senekjian; Jessica A Keeley

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3146

Early Outcomes of Subtotal vs Total Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis

JAMA Surg. 2022 Sep 14;157(11):1062-1064. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2022.3146. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Caitlyn Braschi¹, Christine Tung¹, Annie Tang², Cynthia Delgado³, Lisandra Uribe³, Lara Senekjian², Jessica A Keeley¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.
² Department of Surgery, UCSF-East Bay, San Francisco, California.
³ Department of Surgery, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.

Abstract

This cohort study compares outcomes including hospital length of stay and 30-day rates of complications after nonelective subtotal cholecystectomy vs total cholecystectomy among patients with cholecystitis.