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. 2021 Oct 28;8:747304. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2021.747304

Table 1.

Demographics and clinical characteristics.

Variables N = 18
Demographics
Age, mean(SD) 49.9 (13.6)
Sex, n (%)
    Male 7 (38.9%)
    Female 11 (61.1%)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)
    Yes 1 (5.6%)
    No 17 (94.4%)
Hypertension, n (%)
    yes 2 (11.1%)
    No 16 (88.9%)
Indications and preoperative status
    Indication of cholecystectomy, n (%)
    Acute cholecystitis with gallstone 14 (77.8%)
    Acute suppurative cholecystitis with gallstone 2 (11.1%)
    Gangrenous cholecystitis with gallstone 1 (5.6%)
    Acute suppurative cholecystitis with Mirizzi syndrome 1 (5.6%)
Initial type of operation
    LC 16 (88.9%)
    OC 2 (11.1%)
Conversion to open
    No None
    Yes 16 (100%)
Strasberg-Bismuth classification of BDI
    E1 6 (33.3%)
    E2 7 (38.9%)
    E3 4 (22.2%)
    E4 + E2 1 (5.6%)
Procedure specific complications
Perioperative mortality none
Biliary fistula/leak days
    0–3 13 (72.2%)
    3–6 3 (16.7%)
    6–8 2 (11.1%)
Bile duct stenosis none

SD indicates standard deviation; LC, laparoscopic cholecystectomy; OC, open cholecystectomy; BDI, bile duct injury.