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Table 1 Clinical characteristics and perioperative data

From: Laparoscopic subtotal cholecystectomy for difficult cases of acute cholecystitis: a simple technique using barbed sutures

 

Patient 1

Patient 2

Sex

Female

Female

Age

67

68

Body mass index (kg/m2)

32.6

32.5

ASA score

4E

3E

TG grade

III

II

Preoperative severity assessment

Cardiovascular dysfunction (requiring treatment with dopamine and norepinephrine), hepatic dysfunction (PT-INR 1.68), CT finding (marked local inflammation; gangrenous cholecystitis and pericholecystic abscess)

Palpable tender mass in the right upper abdominal quadrant, duration of complaints; 15 days, CT finding (marked local inflammation; pericholecystic abscess)

Preoperative risk factors

Dilated cardiomyopathy (ejection fraction 27%), type 2 diabetes mellitus (HbA1c 9.2%), atrial fibrillation (rivaroxaban)

Hyperlipidemia, chronic heart failure

Operative time (min)

120

147

Estimated blood loss (ml)

10

5

Postoperative hospital stay (days)

12

5

Postoperative morbidity

None

None

Pathological diagnosis

Gangrenous cholecystitis

Acute-on-chronic cholecystitis