Can the parkland grading scale predict the difficulty of laparoscopic cholecystectomy? A new approach to validation

Abstract Background The Parkland Grading Scale (PGS) is an intraoperative grading scale to stratify gallbladder disease severity during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We evaluated the usefulness of the PGS in predicting the difficulty levels of LC procedures using a novel approach. Methods A tot...

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Main Authors: Ya-qi Liu, Chao Wang, Xuan Cai, Zhi-xue Zheng, Jing-tao Bi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-05-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02036-0