Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Compliance of Clinical Pathways in Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Evaluation of Different Implementation Methods
Brief Summary: Compliance to the clinical pathway, postoperative complication and total cost of the hospitalisation of patients undergoing elective cholecystectomy for symptomatic cholecystolithiasis were collected over two different periods: using a clinical pathway in form of a paper based check-list (group 1, n=118) or a clinical pathway integrated into the paper based medical treatment and nursing documentation (group 2, n=123). Outcome measures were compliance of the clinical pathway and total costs per case.