Abstract:Background
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a common surgical procedure. Intraoperative findings are highly unpredictable and the operative difficulty varies from straightforward to very challenging procedures. Several studies described predictors of technical difficulty and graded intraoperative findings of LC, however none specifically reported on the effect of such factors on clinical outcomes. This study aims to evaluate the impact of patients’ preoperative characteristics on operativ… Show more
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