Gender-Specific Clinical Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Female patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were more likely to be younger, obese, have cholelithiasis, and less likely to be smokers and have comorbidities compared to males. This trend was most prominent in younger age groups. These findings emphasize the importance of recognizing and addressing gender-specific differences in clinical characteristics when managing patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Use it selectively, for high-risk emergency laparotomy wounds, not as routine closed-incision dressing until larger trials confirm the infection benefit.
Patients who needed emergency general surgery within 60 days of a pulmonary embolism had more major complications than those operated on later, in a national database study.
