Impact of Preoperative Cholangitis on Short-term Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Liver Resection.
Kota SaharaKatiuscha MerathJ Madison HyerAnghela Z ParedesDiamantis I TsilimigrasRittal MehtaSyeda A FarooqAmika MoroLu WuSusan WhiteItaru EndoTimothy M PawlikPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2019)
Approximately 1 in 30 Medicare beneficiaries undergoing liver resection had a history of PC. PC was associated with an increased risk of adverse short-term outcomes and higher healthcare expenditures among patients undergoing hepatectomy.