Post-Operative Anticipation of Outcome after Cholecystectomy

Althagafi, Hussam Muidh; Alghamdi, Faisal Saleh; Alali, Mohammad Mustafa S; Qasim, Linah Khalid; Bayunus, Yara Saleh; Alomair, Abdullatif Mohammed; Sarouji, Feras Fouad; Alboseer, Abdullah Sulaiman A; Aldaaysi, Ghadeer Isa Abdali Isa Ebrahim; Alkhathami, Bader Saad; Alotaibi, Mohammed Humayyed Mohammed; Aloufi, Yousef Abdulrahman O

doi:10.12816/0042569

Post-Operative Anticipation of Outcome after Cholecystectomy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ King Abdulaziz University

² Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

³ Umm Alqura University

⁴ King Faisal University

⁵ KSH

⁶ Qassim University

⁷ Rak Medical and Health Sciences University

⁸ King Khaled University

⁹ King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital

10.12816/0042569

Abstract

Background: A substantial group of patients with gallstone disease experience negative outcome after surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). Early identification of these patients is important.
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to recognize predictors (trait anxiety and clinical symptoms) of negative symptomatic outcomes at 5 weeks after cholecystectomy.
Materials and Methods: Consecutive patients (n = 66), 18–60 years, with symptomatic gallstone disease, completed symptom checklists and the state-trait anxiety inventory preoperatively and at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy. Results: High trait anxiety was the only predictor of persistence of biliary symptoms at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy (OR = 6.79). Conclusion: In addition to clinical symptoms, high trait anxiety is a predictor of negative symptomatic outcome at 6 weeks after cholecystectomy. Trait anxiety should be evaluated to aim at a patient-tailored approach in gallstone disease.

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