3.1. Patients
acute cholecystitis
ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS
Sixty patients undergoing surgery due to acute cholecystitis were included in this study during a 24-month period. The details on the patient flow are illustrated in The demographics of the study population, including distribution of comorbidities, daily medication, and ASA group, were comparable between the control group and intervention group. Details are shown in RIPC was applied and completed within 4 h to skin incision, with a mean time from completed RIPC-procedure to skin incision of 2 h and 20 min (range 40–240 min).