Calidad de vida post-reconstrucción de vía biliar / Quality of life after bile duct damage and repair during cholecystectomy

Background: Bile duct reconstruction after surgical lesions during cholecystectomy is a complex procedure with impact on postoperative quality of life. Aim: To compare the quality of life of patients who suffered a bile duct lesion during cholecystectomy with their counterparts in whom bile duct was not damaged. Material and Methods: The SF-36 questionnaire for quality of life was applied to 20 patients aged 44 +/- 16 years (79 percent women), who required a bile duct reconstruction due to lesions during cholecystectomy and to 20 age and gender matched patients subjected to uneventful cholecystectomies. Results: The SF-36 scores obtained for patients subjected to bile duct reconstruction and those with uneventful cholecystectomies were 78.5 +/- 21.5 and 74.1 +/- 16.7 (p = 0.46) respectively for physical function, 75 +/- 22 and 72.5 +/- 28 (p = 0.75) respectively for physical role, 79.6 +/- 23.3 and 66.6 +/- 28.6 respectively (p = 0.12) for emotional role, 60.8 +/- 25.4 and 50.3 +/- 17.4 respectively (p = 0.13) for vitality, 69.2 +/- 22.4 and 56.8 +/- 18.7 respectively (p = 0.06) for mental health, 84.3 +/- 19 and 64.1 +/- 22.1 respectively (p < 0.01) for social role, 74.1 +/- 25.1 and 71.8 +/- 24.7 respectively (p = 0,76) for pain and 57 +/- 24.4 and 56.8 +/- 24,4 respectively (p = 0.97) for general health. Conclusions: No differences in quality of life were observed between patients subjected to bile duct reconstruction and those who experienced uneventful cholecystectomies.

Introducción: La reconstrucción de vía biliar (RVB) secundaria a lesión de vía biliar asociada a cole-cistectomía (LVBAC) es una cirugía compleja y un aspecto importante es la calidad de vida (CV) posterior. El objetivo del presente trabajo es comparar la calidad de vida de una cohorte de pacientes sometidos a RVB por LVBAC con una cohorte de pacientes sometidos a colecistectomía sin incidentes. Material y método: Estudio de calidad de vida realizado en una cohorte concurrente a conveniencia. La cohorte está compuesta por 20 pacientes sometidos a RVB por LVBAC. Para tener un grupo de comparación se eligió una cohorte de pacientes sometidos a colecistectomía sin incidentes. Estas cohortes se parearon 1:1 por edad (+/- 4 años), género y tipo de cirugía. Se aplicó el cuestionario SF-36 con la puntuación propuesta por el grupo RAND de manera personal o telefónica. Se utilizó t-test para la comparación de los promedios de la puntuación. Por ser una cohorte a conveniencia se hizo cálculo de potencia del estudio, que fue del 99 por ciento. Resultados: La cohorte de pacientes de RVB está conformada por 20 pacientes, con una edad promedio de 44 +/- 15,51 años; siendo el 79 por ciento de género femenino. El promedio de seguimiento fue de 68 +/- 44 meses. La puntuación obtenida por los pacientes sometidos a RVB y colecistectomía fue: función física: 78,5 +/- 21,46 vs 74,05 ± 16,69 (p = 0,46); rol físico: 75 +/- 22 vs 72,5 +/- 27,98 (p = 0,75); rol emocional: 79,58 +/- 23,33 vs 66,6 +/- 28,61 (p = 0,12); vitalidad: 60,75 +/- 25,35 vs 50,25 +/- 17,38 (p = 0,13); salud mental: 69,2 +/- 22,36 vs 56,8 +/- 18,65 (p = 0,06); rol social: 84,31+/- 18,98 vs 64,12 +/- 22,11 (p = 0,003); dolor: 74,12 +/- 25,09 vs 71,75 +/- 24,69 (p = 0,76); salud general: 57 +/- 24,35 vs 56,75 +/- 24,40 (p = 0,97). A manera de descripción se hizo una comparación de subgrupos según técnica de Hepp-Couinaud, tiempo de RVB y necesidad de procedimientos percutáneos después de RVB. Conclusión: En el...

Estresse pré-operatório: comparação entre pacientes do SUS e conveniados / Comparative study about preoperative stress on patients attended by the National Health System and private health care plans

A pesquisa comparou os índices de estresse em 60 pacientes internados para a realização da cirurgia de colecistectomia, sendo 30 do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) e 30 de convênios. Utilizou-se o Inventário de Sintomas de Stress para Adultos de Lipp e dois questionários: um sociodemográfico e outro sobre variáveis clínicas relativas à cirurgia. Os resultados mostraram que mais pacientes do grupo SUS tiveram estresse (93,3 por cento) em relação ao grupo dos conveniados (33,3 por cento; p<0,05). Como variáveis que apresentaram diferença estatística em relação ao estresse, encontrou-se que: o sexo feminino, não ter realizado a consulta pré-anestésica e possuir escolaridade em nível fundamental foram fatores que estiveram relacionados ao estresse na amostra total (p<0,05), destacando-se que todos estes tiveram maior freqüência no grupo SUS (p<0,05).

This research compared the rates of stress in 60 patients interned for undergoing cholecystectomy surgery. 30 were treated by the National Health System (BR) and 30 by private health care plans. The instruments used for the research were the Lipp's Inventory of Stress Symptoms for Adults and two questionnaires: a social-demographic questionnaire and one on clinical variables related to the surgery. The results showed that more patients from the National Health System (BR) group were under stress (93.3 percent) in comparison to those from private health care plans (33.3 percent) (p<0.05). The variables which showed statistical differences in terms of stress were: being female, not having attended to preanesthetic evaluation and not having a basic school education level. Those factors had a relation to stress in the overall sample (p<0.05), highlighting the fact that all of those factors had a higher incidence in the National Health System (BR) group (p<0.05).