Jesse K Kelley, Jeremy Mormol, Mary Reiber, Avery Sena, Camille Joy Abutin, Jake Sypniewski, Charles Reed, Giuseppe M Zambito, Amy L Banks-Venegoni
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Abstract
The goal of our study is to evaluate the safest, efficient, and most cost-effective way to manage suspected choledocholithiasis. This retrospective study evaluated adult patients with suspected choledocholithiasis based on labs and imaging at a single institution between 2017 and 2022 and characterized them into 1 of 3 groups based on their management pathway: (1) ERCP-first, (2) MRCP-first, or (3) surgery-first with possible intraoperative cholangiogram pending laboratory trend. Our primary outcome was hospital length of stay. 34 patients (25%) had MRCP-first, 60 patients (45%) had ERCP-first, and 39 patients (30%) received surgery first. There was no statistically significant difference in the length of stay with respect to the management pathway utilized (P > .05); however, those admitted to a surgical service were discharged on average one day before those admitted to the medicine service (P = .01).
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The American Surgeon is a monthly peer-reviewed publication published by the Southeastern Surgical Congress. Its area of concentration is clinical general surgery, as defined by the content areas of the American Board of Surgery: alimentary tract (including bariatric surgery), abdomen and its contents, breast, skin and soft tissue, endocrine system, solid organ transplantation, pediatric surgery, surgical critical care, surgical oncology (including head and neck surgery), trauma and emergency surgery, and vascular surgery.