{"id":8033,"date":"2024-05-15T11:22:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T10:22:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2025-07-28T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:44:54","slug":"association-of-day-case-rates-with-post-covid-19-recovery-of-elective-laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-activity-across-england-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.library.sath.nhs.uk\/research\/2024\/05\/15\/association-of-day-case-rates-with-post-covid-19-recovery-of-elective-laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-activity-across-england-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Association of day-case rates with post COVID-19 recovery of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy activity across England (2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Type of publication:<\/strong>
Journal article<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author(s):<\/strong>
Ayyaz, F M; Joyner, J; *Cheetham, M; Briggs, Twr; Gray, W K.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 107(1):54-60, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong>
INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and the association between day-case rates and, post the COVID-19 pandemic, recovery of activity to prepandemic levels for integrated care boards (ICBs) in England. METHODS: This was a retrospective observational study of the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) data set. Elective laparoscopic
cholecystectomies for the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2022 were identified. Activity levels for 2022 were compared with those for the whole of 2019 (baseline). Day-case activity was identified where the length of stay recorded in the HES was zero days. RESULTS: Data were available for 184,252 patients across the 42 ICBs in England, of which 120,408 (65.3%) were day-case procedures. By December
2022, activity levels for the whole of England had returned to 88.2% of prepandemic levels. The South West region stood out as having recovered activity levels to the greatest extent, with activity at 97.3% of
prepandemic levels during 2022. The South West also had the highest postpandemic day-case rate at 74.9% of all patients seen as a day-case during 2022; this compares with an England average of 65.3%. At an ICB level, there was a significant correlation between day-case rates and postpandemic activity levels (r = 0.362, p = 0.019). There was no strong or consistent evidence that day-case surgery had poorer patient outcomes than inpatient surgery. CONCLUSIONS: Recovery of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy activity has been better in South West England than in other regions. Increasing day-case rates may be important if ICBs in other regions are to increase activity levels up to and beyond prepandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Type of publication:Journal article Author(s):Ayyaz, F M; Joyner, J; *Cheetham, M; Briggs, Twr; Gray, W K. Citation:Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 107(1):54-60, 2025 Abstract:INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to investigate the safety of day-case…<\/span><\/p>\n

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