Cochrane · systematic review · CD006798

Day‐surgery versus overnight stay surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Vaughan, J, Gurusamy, KS, Davidson, BR · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 6 · 85.7%Low 1 · 14.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Day‐surgery versus overnight stay surgery for laparoscopic cholecystectomy

Population: patients with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Short term mortality
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
no estimate extracted1 study · 86 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Serious adverse events
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
Rate Ratio 3.24 [0.74, 14.09]4 studies · 391 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Quality of life
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
no estimate extracted4 studies · 333 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Pain
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
no estimate extracted3 studies · 175 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Time to return to activity
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
no estimate extracted2 studies · 217 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Number of hospital readmissions
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
Rate ratio 1.25 [0.43, 3.63]5 studies · 464 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias
Failed discharge
Day‐surgery vs overnight stay surgery
RR 0.96 [0.65, 1.41]5 studies · 419 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias