Concomitant versus Delayed Cholecystectomy in Bariatric Surgery

Table 1

LC difficulty score.

LC difficulty		Score
Access	BMI ≥45	1
	Difficult liver elevation (liver size ≥ 20 cm at MCL by US)	1
Appearance	<50% of gall bladder (GB)	1
	>50% of GB	2
	Buried GB	3
Distention or contraction	Distended GB	1
	Intrahepatic or contracted GB	1
	Severely inflamed gall bladder (GB): mucocele, pyocele, or thick edematous wall.	2
Dense adhesions at Calot’s triangle		1
Total		10