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Guidelines recommend cholecystectomy across trimesters; however, trimester-specific evidence on the risks of AC and its management is lacking.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To assess cholecystectomy frequency in pregnant people with AC, compare the rates of APOs in pregnant people with or without AC, and compare the rates of APOs in people with AC who did or did not undergo cholecystectomy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>\n This retrospective, population-based cohort study used data for pregnant people with AC from the IBM MarketScan Commercial Claims and Encounters Database from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2019, and a propensity score\u2013matched cohort of pregnant people without AC. Trimester status (first [T1], second [T2], and third [T3]), APOs, and cholecystectomy were defined by administrative claims. Data were analyzed from October 2021 to July 2022.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Exposures<\/jats:title>\n Pregnant patients with or without AC. Pregnant patients with AC who did or did not receive cholecystectomy.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The main outcomes were cholecystectomy during pregnancy and APOs (ie, preterm delivery and pregnancy loss). Pregnant patients with and without AC were compared to assess the association of AC with risk of APOs. Propensity score inverse-probability weighting was used to calculate treatment-associated APO risk among patients with 1-year follow-up.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n The study included 5759 pregnant patients with AC (mean [SD] age, 30.1 [6.6] years) and 23\u202f036 controls (mean [SD] age, 29.9 [6.7] years) after propensity score matching. Among 3426 pregnant patients with AC and 1-year follow-up, 1182 (34.5%) underwent cholecystectomy during the pregnancy (684 [41.7%] presenting with AC in T1, 404 [40.4%] in T2, and 94 [12.0%] in T3). Acute cholecystitis during pregnancy, irrespective of treatment, was associated with higher odds of APO compared with no AC during pregnancy across all trimesters (odds ratio [OR], 1.69 [95% CI, 1.54-1.85]). Compared with nonoperative management, receipt of surgery was associated with lower odds of APOs across all trimesters (OR, 0.75 [95% CI, 0.63-0.87]), in T1 (OR, 0.81 [95% CI, 0.66-1.00]), in T2 (OR, 0.71 [95% CI, 0.50-1.00]), and in T3 (OR, 0.45 [95% CI, 0.28-0.70]).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n In this study, cholecystectomy was associated with lower risk of APO in patients with AC across all trimesters, with the greatest benefit in T3. However, only 34.5% overall and 12.0% of patients in T3 had a cholecystectomy. These findings support guidelines recommending cholecystectomy during pregnancy and should inform decision-making discussions. Greater guideline adherence and surgery use, especially in T3, may represent an opportunity to improve outcomes for pregnant people with AC.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1001\/jamasurg.2023.5803","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,15]],"date-time":"2023-11-15T11:01:45Z","timestamp":1700046105000},"page":"28","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Operative vs Nonoperative Management of Acute Cholecystitis During the Different Trimesters of Pregnancy"],"prefix":"10.1001","volume":"159","author":[{"given":"Mariam N.","family":"Hantouli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David J.","family":"Droullard","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael 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