A Retrospective and Prospective Study to Develop a Pre-operative Difficulty Score for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
Yousef IbrahimRami W RadwanAli Adel Ne'ma AbdullahMohamed SherifUsman KhalidJames AnsellAshraf RasheedPublished in: Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (2018)
We have identified four pre-operative variables that predicted a longer duration of surgery. Preliminary results suggest a positive correlation between this scoring system and duration of surgery. An adequately powered prospective multi-centre study is needed to validate our findings.