Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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11025297 | Annals of Medicine and Surgery | 2018 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The variables which proved statistically significant in predicting a difficult cholecystectomy were: age, parietal thickness >3â¯mm, adhesions, stratifications, gallstones >2â¯cm and fixed gallstones. We have definitively defined a predictive score for difficult VLC for which a VLC is to be considered potentially difficult whenever it presents a pre-operative score equal or greater than 4 (and a "easy" one with a pre-operative score less than 4). These findings may prove helpful in further reducing the conversion rate and the rate of intra- and/or post-operative complications.
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Authors
Giuseppe Carbotta, Annunziata Panebianco, Rita Laforgia, Bianca Pascazio, Giovanni Balducci, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Silvio Tafuri, Nicola Palasciano,