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. 2015 Mar 8;10:14. doi: 10.1186/s13017-015-0005-x

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© Sugrue et al.; licensee BioMed Central. 2015

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Schematic illustration of various intraoperative findings, with their respective scores: a. Normal gallbladder with no adhesions: 0 points. b. Adhesions covering < 50% of gallbladder: 1 point. c. Adhesions completely burying gallbladder: 3 points. d. Distended gallbladder, with inability to grasp with atraumatic laparoscopic forceps: 1 point. e. Large (>1 cm) stone impacted in Hartmann’s pouch: 1 point.