• Indicators of surgical difficulty during laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    This survey will take 5 minutes of your time. Thank you for your valuable feedback and experience.
  • Gender*
  • 1. Place of work*
  • 2. How many cholecystectomies (both Laproscopic Cholecystectomies (LCs) and open cholecystectomies) have you performed as an operator or instructor? *
  • 3. How many LCs have you performed as an operator or instructor? *
  • 4. What is the maximum duration of surgery for LC that you or your institution would accept? *
  • 5. What is the maximum estimated blood loss for LC that you or your institution would accept? *
  • 6. How often do you perform intra-operative cholangiogram? *
  • 7. In which of the clinical scenarios listed below, do you, as an operator or instructor, abandon conventional LC and convert to open cholecystectomy, laparoscopic partial cholecystectomy, etc.? Please check all that apply.*
  • 8. When you encounter difficult LC cases, do you think open conversion would make the operation much easier? Please choose one of the following options. *

  • The following questions refer to potential factors contributing to surgical difficulty that can be identified at the time of operation.

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