Background: Multiple scores have been created in order to predict difficult cholecystectomy,
nonetheless there is not a consensuated standard on which to use. The importance of a …

It is important to establish the difficulty of a cholecystectomy preoperatively to improve the
outcomes. There are multiple risk factors for a difficult cholecystectomy that may depend on …

Background In comparison to a traditional cholecystectomy (open), the laparoscopic
cholecystectomy approach provides a number of benefits and has been demonstrated in …

Background The prediction of a difficult cholecystectomy has traditionally been based on
certain pre-operative clinical and imaging factors. Most of the previous literature reported …

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered as the gold standard in treating
symptomatic gall bladder disease. It has now become the most common operation …

Background Few studies have used operative time as a reflection of the surgical difficulty to
create a preoperative score of operative difficulty in laparoscopic cholecystectomies (DiLCs …

Results: We found that history of hospitalization, palpable gall bladder, impacted stone and
gall bladder wall thickness were statistically significant factors for prediction of difficult …

Background: Cholelithiasis is the most common biliary pathology. Gallstones are present in
10 to 15% of the general population and asymptomatic in the majority (> 80%). The …

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has become the gold standard treatment
for gallstone disease. Though mostly safe occasionally it can be difficult due to various …

Purpose Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the treatment of choice for symptomatic
cholelithiasis, but sometimes conversion to open cholecystectomy (OC) is necessary. The …