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Table 4 Association of Parkland Grading Scale and Post-Operative Outcome n = 206

From: Utility of the Parkland Grading Scale to determine intraoperative challenges during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a validation study on 206 patients at an academic medical center in Nepal

 

Parkland Grading Scale

p value

1

2

3

4

5

SSI, n(%),

     

< 0.001*

Yes

No

-

67(100)

-

75(100)

2(4.7)

40(95.3)

2(4.8)

13(95.2)

1(14.3)

6(85.7)

Post-op. pneumonia,n(%)

     

0.139*

Yes

No

-

67(100)

3(4)

75(96)

1(2.4)

40(97.6)

-

13(100)

1(14.3)

6(85.7)

Post-op fever, n(%)

     

0.003*

Yes

No

2(3)

1(97)

1(1.3)

75(98.3)

3(7.1)

39(92.9)

4(26.7)

11(73.3)

1(14.3)

6(85.7)

Post-operative bile leak

     

0.244*

Yes

No

-

67(100)

1(1.3)

74(98.7)

1(7.1)

41(92.9)

1(26.7)

14(73.3)

0

7(100)

Length of post-operative stay, median (range)

2(1–5)

2(2–18)

2(2–8)

4(2–9)

4(2–5)

< 0.001**

  1. * Fisher’s Exact Test was used to test the association of grade with binary (categorical) variables
  2. **Kruskal –Wallis test was used to assess the association of grade with continuous measures