Table 1 |
|
| Patient characteristics and surgical procedures | |
| Number (%) | |
| Patients | 174 |
| Male | 93 (53.4) |
| Female | 81 (46.6) |
| Age (years) | |
| Mean | 62.9±14.3 |
| Range | 23–95 |
| ASA-PS classification | |
| 1 | 39 (22.4) |
| 2 | 97 (55.7) |
| 3 | 34 (19.5) |
| 4 | 4 (2.3) |
| Surgical procedures | |
| Cholecystomucoclasis (deroofing) | 18 (10.3) |
| Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (conventional) | 163 (93.7) |
| SILC | 18 (10.3) |
| Open cholecystectomy | 11 (6.3) |
| Conversion (laparoscopic to open) | 13 (7.5) |
ASA-PS: American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status.
SILC: Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Tsukada et al. BMC Gastroenterology 2012 12:113 doi:10.1186/1471-230X-12-113
