A new clinical-ultrasound score to predict difficult videolaparocholecystectomies: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gold standard treatment of symptomatic cholelithiasis is videolaparoscopic cholecystectomy (VLC). The aim of this study is to produce a predictive clinical ultrasound (US) score for difficult VLC to reduce the rate of conversion to open cholecystectomy surgery and intra and/or post-operative complications.

Methods

In this prospective study carried out in 2017 we enrolled 135 patients (pts) who underwent VLC in our General Surgery Unit. A specific pre-operative abdominal ultrasound scan was performed to assess gallbladder characteristics for each patient. All US and patients' characteristics were recorded in a standard form in order to obtain a preoperative score and were then added to the intra-operative variables.

Results

The analysis revealed a statis

SUBMITTER: Carbotta G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6170205 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature