Concomitant versus Delayed Cholecystectomy in Bariatric Surgery

Table 5

Intraoperative difficulty in delayed cholecystectomy group (group 2) before and after 2 months of bariatric surgery.

		During BS		After 2 months		value
Level of difficulty		No	%	No	%
Access	BMI ≥45 = 1	10	83.3	2	16.7	≤0.001
	Difficult liver elevation (liver size ≥ 20 cm at MCL by US) = 1	10	83.3	9	75.0	>0.001
Appearance of GB	Adhesion to GB <50% = 1	0	0.0	9	75.0	≤0.001
	Adhesion to GB>50% = 2	12	100.0	0	0.0	≤0.001
	Completely buried GB = 3	0	0.0	0	0.0	>0.001
Acutely inflamed (thick edematous wall, pyocele, or mucocele = 2		2	16.7	1	8.3	>0.001
Distended GB = 1		5	41.7	0	0.0	≤0.001
Contracted or intrahepatic GB = 1		3	25.0	3	25.0	>0.001
Dense adhesion at Calot’s triangle = 1		12	100.0	3	25.0	≤0.001
Total difficulty score(10)
Mean		5.66 ± 0.98		2.26 ± 0.78		≤0.001

McNemar test and paired t-test. p value is significant.