Delayed Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Safe and Effective for Acute Severe Calculous Cholecystitis in Patients with Advanced Cirrhosis: A Single Center Experience

Table 1

Preoperative patient characteristics.

Category	Clinical data
Sex	29
Male	17
Female	12
Age (years)	51.3±8.1
Child-Pugh classification	—
A	6
B	19
C	4
Symptom	—
Abdominal pain	29
Fever	17
Vomiting	11
Jaundice	5
Ultrasound findings†	—
Positive	21
Negative	2
Indistinct	6
Cholecystitis (mm)	—
Gallbladder wall thickness	6.2±1.1
Gallbladder wall length	118±26
Gallbladder wall width	65±11

†Positive: a highly echogenic mass with an acoustic shadow that was detectable by US in the neck of the gallbladder and that did not move with a change in patient position. Negative: no findings of stones in the neck of the gallbladder. Indistinct: no clearly detectable stones in the neck of the gallbladder because of the viewing angle.