# Predicting the difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: development and validation of a pre-operative risk score using an objective operative difficulty grading system

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/predicting-the-difficult-laparoscopic-cholecystectomy-development-and-validation/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Ahmad H. M. Nassar,James Hodson,Hwei Jene Ng,Ravi Vohra,Tarek Katbeh,Samer Zino,Ewen A. Griffiths,Ravinder Vohra,Amanda Kirkham,Sandro Pasquali,Paul Marriott,Marianne Johnstone,Philip Spreadborough,Derek Alderson,Ewen A. Griffiths,Stephen W. Fenwick,Mohamed Elmasry,Quentin Nunes,David Kennedy,Raja B. Khan,Muhammad Aamir Khan,Conor Magee,Steven M. Jones,Denise Mason,Ciny P. Parappally,Pawan Mathur,Michael Saunders,Sara Jamel,Samer Ul Haque,Sara Zafar,Muhammad Hanif Shiwani,Nehemiah Samuel,Farooq Ahmad Dar,A. Jackson,Bryony Lovett,Shiva Dindyal,Hannah Winter,Ted Fletcher,Saquib Rahman,Kevin Wheatley,Tom Nieto,Soofiyah Ayaani,Haney Youssef,Rajwinder Nijjar,Helen Watkin,David N Naumann,Sophie Emesih,Piyush Sarmah,Kathryn Lee,Nikita Joji,Joel Lambert,Jonathan Heath,Rebecca L. Teasdale,C Weerasinghe,Paul J. Needham,Hannah Welbourn,Luke Forster,David Finch,Jane Blazeby,William Robb,Angus McNair,Alex Hrycaiczuk,Alexandros Charalabopoulos,Sritharan Kadirkamanathan,Cheuk‐Bong Tang,Naga Venkatesh Jayanthi,Nigel Noor,Brian Dobbins,Andrew J. Cockbain,April Nilsen-Nunn,Jonathan De Siqueira,Mike Pellen,J Cowley,Wei-Min Ho,V Miu,Timothy J. White,Kathryn A. Hodgkins,Alison Kinghorn,Matthew G. Tutton,Yahya Al-Abed,Donald Menzies,Anwar Ahmad,Joanna B. Reed,Shabuddin Khan,David Gabriel Monk,Louis J. Vitone,Ghulam Murtaza,Abraham Joel,Stephen Brennan,David Shier,Catherine Zhang,Thusidaran Yoganathan,Steven J Robinson,Iain McCallum,Michael Jones,Mohammed Elsayed,Liz Tuck,J Wayman,Kate Carney,Somaiah Aroori |
| Citations | 137 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00464-019-07244-5 |
| Fields | Medicine |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | green |
| OA URL | https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/267099/ |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2987081690 |
| PMID | 31732855 |
| Type | article |
| Year | 2019 |

## Paper authors

- [James Hodson](https://scholariq.org/researchers/james-hodson/)
- [Helen Mohan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/helen-mohan/)
- [Matthew Popplewell](https://scholariq.org/researchers/matthew-popplewell/)

## Paper journal

- [Surgical Endoscopy](https://scholariq.org/journals/surgical-endoscopy/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/gallbladder-and-bile-duct-disorders/)

## Paper topics

- [Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders](https://scholariq.org/topics/gallbladder-and-bile-duct-disorders/)
- [Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques](https://scholariq.org/topics/minimally-invasive-surgical-techniques/)
- [Anesthesia and Pain Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/anesthesia-and-pain-management/)

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