Treatment strategy for gallstone pancreatitis and the timing of cholecystectomy

Table 1 Chief characteristics of the included trials

Ref.	Group	POT	No. of patients	LOS	ERCP ± ES postoperative	Compli-cations
Aboulian et al[44], 2010	Early	35.1	25	3.5 ± 2.04	6	0
	Delayed	77.8	25	5.8 ± 5.35	4	0
Rosing et al[42], 2007	Early	48	43	4	2	2
	Delayed	120	177	7	24	9
Taylor et al[43], 2004	Early	43.2	26	3.5	6 (1)	3
	Delayed	55.2	20	4.7	7 (2)	2
Falor et al[45], 2012	Early	< 48	117	3.4 ± 2.20	19 (12)	5
	Delayed	> 48	186	6.3 ± 2.08	51 (19)	9

POT: Preoperative time, hours; LOS: Length of hospital stay, days; ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography; ES: Endoscopic sphincterotomy.