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Iina Saimanen¹, Viivi Kuosmanen¹, Jukka Harju¹

¹Department of Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital and School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.

In Vivo (Athens, Greece)

|February 24, 2021

Abstract

Background/Aim:

The aim was to assess the 8-year health status after minicholecystectomy (MC) versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) for gallstone disease (GS) by using the RAND-36 Health Survey.

Patients And Methods:

Initially, 88 patients with symptomatic GS disease were randomized to undergo either MC (n=44) or LC (n=44). RAND-36 survey was performed 8 years postoperatively.

Results:

In three RAND-36 domains (social functioning, role physical, role emotional) MC procedure was significantly better than LC. In MC patients, the 8-year postoperative scores of social functioning (p<0.001), role physical (p=0.002) and role emotional (p<0.001) were significantly higher than the age- and gender -adjusted Finnish reference scores.

Conclusion:

The Finnish version of the RAND-36 survey can be used as a valid and reliable method for measuring the quality of life and long-term outcome of cholecystectomy patients following surgery.

Keywords:

RAND–36 cholecystectomy postoperative quality of life telephone interview

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