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. 2002 Jan-Mar;6(1):59–63.

Table 2.

Multiple Regression Tables for Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.

Variable Correlation ( r ) ( r2 ) Significance ( t ) P Value Positive Predictive Value (%) Sensitivity
Gallbladder wall thickness .484465 .234706 4.666348 .000014 90 37.5
Contracted gallbladder .357317 .127676 3.223624 .001913 72.73 33.3
Stone impacted at the neck of gallbladder .520343 .270757 5.134323 .000002 90.91 41.67
Combined ultrasono-graphic prediction .650358 .422966 7.214078 .000000 80.95 70.83