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Digestive Disease Interventions 2021; 05(04): 302-306
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1730408
Review Article

Cholecystectomy during COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience

Martin Nnaji
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
,
David Murcott
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
,
Hrishikesh Salgaonkar
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
,
Adebimpe Aladeojebi
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
,
Tejinderjit Athwal
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
,
Chandra V. N. Cheruvu
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom
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Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted health care globally with restructuring and prioritization of health care services. We prospectively analyzed 104 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy during the peak of COVID-19 in 2020 and compared with 217 patients from the same period in 2019. Emergency admissions constituted majority of cases with no statistical difference between both groups (p = 0.49). Most cholecystectomies were for biliary colic (41.3 vs. 35.5%) and cholecystitis (37.5 vs. 43.8%) without any statistically difference (p = 0.31 and p = 0.29, respectively). This study demonstrates that laparoscopic cholecystectomy was feasible and safe in patients with symptomatic gall bladder disease during the peak period for COVID-19.

Keywords

COVID-19 - gall stone disease - cholecystectomy

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Publication History

Received: 17 December 2020

Accepted: 06 April 2021

Article published online:
31 May 2021

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