Table 1 The percentage of patients exhibiting particular symptoms preoperatively and 30 days post-cholecystectomy
From: Mast cell activation and clinical outcome in pediatric cholelithiasis and biliary dyskinesia
Cholelithiasis | Biliary Dyskinesia | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptom | Pre | Post | p value | Pre | Post | p value |
Pain | 100% | 15.4% | < .01 | 100% | 20% | < .01 |
Pain with eating | 61.5% | 15.4% | < .01 | 80% | 6.7% | .04 |
Night waking with pain | 84.6% | 7.7% | .02 | 60% | 6.7% | < .01 |
Nausea | 100% | 15.4% | < .01 | 80% | 20% | < .01 |
Vomiting | 53.8% | 7.7% | < .01 | 40% | 6.7% | .03 |
Diarrhea | 23.1% | 7.7% | .17 | 33.3% | 6.7% | .17 |
Constipation | 30.8% | 46.2% | .40 | 20% | 20% | 1.00 |
Pain decreased with stool | 7.7% | 7.7% | 1.00 | 26.7% | 20% | 1.00 |