A four-year analysis of the predictors of overnight stay in day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the prevention strategies within two centers in the UK: a double-centric retrospective observational study.

Mohamed Abuahmed, Rahi Karmarkar, Muhammad Naeem, Rahel Rashid, George Eskandar, Merene Varghese +3 more

Background Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the mainstay treatment of benign gallbladder disease, most commonly gallstones. Although the recent guidelines of British Association of Day-Surgery (BADS) and World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) recommend same-day discharge (i.e. day-case surgery), there is still a considerable proportion of cases that get admitted unexpectedly overnight. The primary aim of th…