Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Difficulty Risk Score
Soltes & Radoňak,
2014
Elective Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Difficulty Risk Score
Patient’s history
Male sex
Biliary colic within last 3 weeks
History of acute cholecystitis in the past
Previous upper abdominal surgery
0
Physical examination
Right upper quadrant pain
Rigidity in the right upper abdomen
0
Abdominal ultrasound
Gallbladder wall thickening ≥ 4 mm
Hydropic gallbladder (diameter > 4.5 cm)
Shrunken gallbladder
0
0
0
Easy surgery, no problems
0
Soltes M, Radoňak J. A risk score to predict the difficulty of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Wideochir Inne Tech Malo Inwazyjne. 2014;9(4):608-12.
PMID: 25562000
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