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Table 6 Pairwise comparisons of surgical difficulty scores of the five grades in the Parkland Grading Scale

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

PGSa

Pairwise Comparisons

Z-value

p-value

1 vs. 2

2807.50

< 0.01

1 vs. 3

4219.50

< 0.01

1 vs. 4

1802.50

< 0.01

1 vs. 5

1537.50

< 0.01

2 vs. 3

2959.00

0.070

2 vs. 4

1461.50

< 0.01

2 vs. 5

1439.50

< 0.01

3 vs. 4

1849.50

0.076

3 vs. 5

1907.50

< 0.01

4 vs. 5

649.00

0.041

  1. a Parkland Grading Scale