RESULTS	The hospital length of stay was shorter for the early cholecystectomy group ( mean : 3.5 [ 95 % CI , 2.7-4 .3 ] , median : 3 [ IQR , 2-4 ] ) compared with the control group ( mean : 5.8 [ 95 % CI , 3.8-7 .9 ] , median : 4 [ IQR , 4-6 ] [ P = 0.0016 ] ) .\