A Scoring System to Predict Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Five-Year Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Preoperative scoring parameters used for grading the patient.

History	Level	Score	Max score
Age (years)	≤50; >50	0; 1	1
Gender	Male; Female	1; 0	1
History of hospitalization for acute cholecystitis	Yes; No	3; 0	3
Clinical parameters	Level	Score	Max score
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	<25; 25–27.5; >27.5	0; 2; 3	3
Abdominal scar	No; Infraumbilical; Supraumbilical	0; 1; 2	2
Palpable gallbladder	Yes; No	1; 0	1
Diagnostic test	Level	Score	Max score
Sonographic: wall thickness	Thin ≤4 mm; Thick ≥4 mm	0; 2	2
Laboratory: leucocyte	<10.000/ul; ≥10.000/ul	0; 2	2