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Abstract
The rate of coexisting common bile duct stone CBDS in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for cholelithiasis is approximately 7-20% .
The dramatic shift from conventional to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the last years has opened a large debate over the optimal management of patients with CBDS undergoing cholecytectomy .
Numberous efforts have been made in the past to define predictive criteria as well as predictive scores for the presence of CBDS .
Our primary objective was to a create a predictive model, easy to use and based on ready available preoperative variables , and helpful in management of patients undergoing LC .
Based on our experience