Surgical Rates and Operative Mortality for Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Maryland

Abstract

In Maryland, although the adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been accompanied by a 33 percent decrease in overall operative mortality per procedure, the total number of cholecystectomy-related deaths has not fallen because of a 28 percent increase in the total rate of cholecystectomy.

Keywords

MedicineCholecystectomyOdds ratioConfidence intervalCholecystitisGeneral surgeryGallbladder diseaseMortality rateLaparoscopic cholecystectomyAcute cholecystitisSurgeryGallbladderInternal medicine

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Johns Hopkins University US

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Year: 1994
Type: article
Volume: 330
Issue: 6
Pages: 403-408
Citations: 370
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                                    Claudia Steiner, 
                                
                                    Eric B Bass, 
                                
                                    Mark A. Talamini
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1994). 
                            Surgical Rates and Operative Mortality for Open and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Maryland. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 330
                            (6)
                            , 403-408.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199402103300607
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejm199402103300607