Clinical outcomes of octogenarians according to preoperative disease severity and comorbidities after laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.

Ye Jong ParkDae Wook HwangJae Hoon LeeKi Byung SongEunsung JunWoohyung LeeJaewoo KwonSong Cheol Kim

Published in: Journal of hepato-biliary-pancreatic sciences (2020)

In octogenarians, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is feasible and tolerable for severe acute cholecystitis classified according to the TG 18. Pulmonary comorbidities are an independent prognostic factor of ≥grade III complications.

Keyphrases

prognostic factors
liver failure
pulmonary hypertension
respiratory failure
patients undergoing
risk factors
aortic dissection