Rongmei Liu, Qiuping Zhao, Mingyang Yu, Hui Chen, Xiaomo Yang, Shuaibin Liu, Orkan Okan, Xinghan Chen, Yuhan Xing, Shuaijun Guo
Measuring General Health Literacy in Chinese adults: validation of the HLS19-Q12 instrument
BMC public health
ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy lc increasingly recognized advantages inpatient approach advantages include costeffectiveness faster recovery however acceptance limited patient concerns regarding safety potential postoperative complications study aims compare operative postoperative outcomes ambulatory lc versus inpatient lc specifically addressing patient hesitations related early discharge retrospective analysis patients underwent lc divided ambulatory inpatient groups based american society anesthesiologists asa classification age availability postoperative care propensity score matching utilized ensure comparability groups data collection focused demographic information perioperative data postoperative followup results identify safety approaches study included cohort 220 patients undergoing lc 48 group matched postpropensity score matching matched analysis indicated ambulatory lc patients seem experience shorter operative times reduced blood loss differences statistically significant 35 minutes vs 46 minutes pvalue 018 85 ml vs 23 ml pvalue 014 respectively significant differences complication rates readmission frequencies compared inpatient cohort ambulatory lc compromise safety efficacy compared traditional inpatient procedures findings suggest ambulatory lc could widely adopted appropriate patient education selection criteria alleviate concerns increase patient acceptance