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Charlson Comorbidity Index as a Predictor of Difficult Cholecystectomy in Patients With Acute Cholecystitis

Ahmed A Alburakan1, Sulaiman Abdullah Alshammari2, Wadha Saud AlOtaibi2

  • 1Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, SAU.

Cureus
|December 29, 2022
PubMed

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The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) can predict difficult cholecystectomy in patients with acute cholecystitis. Further research is needed to determine if CCI predicts adverse outcomes in these patients.

Area of Science:

  • Surgical Outcomes Research
  • Gastrointestinal Surgery
  • Predictive Analytics in Medicine

Background:

  • The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is a validated predictor of survival and post-surgical mortality.
  • CCI is incorporated into the Tokyo Guidelines for managing acute cholecystitis.
  • The predictive role of CCI for surgical difficulty in cholecystectomy requires further evaluation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the efficacy of the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) in predicting difficult cholecystectomies.
  • To compare the predictive value of CCI with the Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) and ASA score for surgical difficulty.

Main Methods:

  • A retrospective analysis of 96 patients who underwent cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis from January 2017 to September 2019.
  • Calculation and analysis of Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), Emergency Surgery Score (ESS), and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) scores.
  • Stratification of patients into difficult and non-difficult cholecystectomy groups to evaluate predictive accuracy.

Main Results:

  • The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) significantly predicted difficult cholecystectomy (OR 1.59, p=0.031).
  • The Emergency Surgery Score (ESS) also demonstrated predictive value for difficult cholecystectomy (OR 1.42, p=0.024).
  • No significant differences in adverse outcomes were observed between the difficult and non-difficult cholecystectomy groups.

Conclusions:

  • The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) is a potential predictor of surgical difficulty in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis.
  • Further investigation is warranted to ascertain CCI's utility in predicting adverse outcomes within this patient population.

Keywords:
acute care surgery and traumaacute cholecystitischarlson comorbidity indexcholecystectomycomplicated acute cholecystitis

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