title: [Biliary surgery mortality in Chile in 1990. Cooperative study in 17 hospitals].
abstract: A survey about surgical procedures performed in 1990 was answered by 17 surgical services. With these data the operative mortality of biliary surgery was analyzed. During 1990, 39,643 patients were subjected to major surgery of which 9,654 (24.3%) corresponded to benign biliary tract diseases. Forty nine percent of patients had chronic cholecystitis, 36% acute cholecystitis and 16% choledocholithiasis. Global mortality of these procedures was 0.58% and mortalities for chronic cholecystitis, acute cholecystitis and choledocholithiasis were 0.06, 0.6 and 2% respectively. These numbers increased significantly in patients over 60 years old, are lower than those reported 10 years ago and could be useful as "gold standards" for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Cirugía y Escuela de Salud Pública, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Chile.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Csendes
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Korn
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Medina
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Becerra
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Csendes
mesh_terms: D001660:Biliary Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D001662:Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality*; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D042882:Gallstones / Q000401:mortality; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Mortalidad de la cirugía biliar en Chile en 1990. Estudio cooperativo de 17 hospitales.