Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Surgical History
| Cholecystectomy (n = 143)a | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | |
| Sex, female | 92 (64.3) |
| Age (yr), median (range) | 41.0 (18–72) |
| Height (cm), median (range) | 158.0 (142–183) |
| Weight (kg), median (range) | 65.0 (41–109) |
| BMI (kg/m2), median (range) | 26.1 (17–40) |
| <18.5 | 4 (2.8) |
| 18.5–<25 | 59 (41.3) |
| 25–<30 | 49 (34.3) |
| 30–<40 | 31 (21.7) |
| ≥40 | 0 (0.0) |
| ASA Status | |
| Class I | 115 (80.4) |
| Class II | 25 (17.5) |
| Class III | 3 (2.1) |
| Diagnoses | |
| Cholecystitis | 26 (18.2) |
| Symptomatic cholelithiasis | 107 (74.8) |
| Uncomplicated cholelithiasis | 104 (72.7) |
| Complicated cholelithiasis | 7 (4.9) |
| Choledocholithiasis | 3 (2.1) |
| Calculous cholecystitis | 2 (1.4) |
| Biliary colic | 1 (0.7) |
| Biliary colic with cholecystitis | 1 (0.7) |
| Benign gallbladder tumor | 3 (2.1) |
| Other | 1 (0.7) |
| Surgical history | |
| Previous abdominal/pelvic surgeries | |
| Yes | 27 (18.9) |
| No | 116 (81.1) |
a
Data are expressed as n (%) unless specified otherwise.
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index.