Abstract:
Objective To explore the operative timing selection of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in patients with biliary severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) after percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage (PTGD), and analyze the influencing factors of conversion to laparotomy.
Methods The clinical data of 132 patients with biliary SAP were retrospectively analyzed. According to the time of LC after PTGD, the patients were divided into the group A (1–2 months), group B (2–3 months) and group C (>3 months) (44 cases in each group). The patients were divided into the conversion to laparotomy group (28 cases) and non-conversion to laparotomy group (104 cases) according to whether conversion to laparotomy. The basic data at admission and perioperative indexes were compared, and the intraoperative and postoperative indexes (operation time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage volume, conversion to laparotomy, postoperative complications and length of hospital stay) and influencing factors of conversion to laparotomy (preoperative gallbladder wall thickness, AP attack history and PTGD treatment time) in the three groups were analyzed.
Results The incidence rates of complications of drainage tube in group A and group B were lower than that in group C (P < 0.05). The thickness of gallbladder wall in the group B and group C were lower than that in group A (P < 0.05). There was no statistical significance in the incidence of complications after LC among 3 groups (P > 0.05). The operative time, intraoperative blood loss, postoperative drainage volume and hospital stay in the group B and group C were lower than those in group A (P < 0.05), and the operative time and hospital stay in the group B were also lower than those in group C (P < 0.05). The conversion rate of laparotomy in the group B was lower than that in groups A and C (P < 0.05). The differences of preoperative gallbladder wall thickness, AP history and PTGD treatment time between the conversion to laparotomy group and non-conversion to laparotomy group were statistically significant (P < 0.05 to P < 0.01). The results of logistic regression analysis showed that the preoperative gallbladder wall thickness ≥5 mm was an independent risk factor of conversion to laparotomy (P < 0.01), and the PTGD treatment for 2–3 months and AP attack history ≤1 time were the independent protective factors (P < 0.05).
Conclusions The safety of LC in patients with biliary SAP after 2–3 months of PTGD treatment is good. The preoperative gallbladder wall thickness ≥5 mm is a risk factor of LC conversion to laparotomy, and the PTGD treatment for 2–3 months and AP attack history ≤1 time are the protective factors of conversion to laparotomy.