Table 2: comprehensive complication index of transvaginal cholecystectomy CCI range SD grade I mean 27 0 - 26 11 DGE/ileus 6 author year procedure N age BMI Palanivelu9 2009 TVC 6 35 Salinas 10 2009 TVC 12 6 46 0 - 34 13 Linke11 2010 TVC 102 52 27 3 0 - 42 7 Federlein12 2010 TVC 115 52 28 1 0 - 34 5 Wood13 2013 TVC, TV VHR, TVA 102 37 29 2 0 - 34 6 Bulian14 2013 TVC 20 45 28 3 0 - 26 8 4* 0 - 34 7 7** 0 - 34 6 3* 0 - 28 6 8** 0 - 26 6 scenario I scenario II scenario I scenario II TVC 41 54 29 2014 CLC 51 54 30 grade II grade IIIa grade IVa p biliary leak intraoperative colon injury, bile leak(relaparoscopy) wound infection allergic exanthema, transient paresthesia, transient urinary retention, bacterial vaginosis, vulvitis, dehiscence of colpotomy closure vaginal bleeding, umbilical granuloma, intraoperative serosal injury rectum transient brachial plexus injury, IUD displacement, urinary retention, vaginal granulation grade IIIb pleural effusion, UTI gastric ulcer transumbilical access hernia UTI intraoperative bladder laceration, biliary leak bleeding gallbladder fossa stroke omental intraabdominal bleeding, rectal abscess injury biliary pancreatitis, biliary leak vaginodynia, UTI, allergic reaction to dressing laparotomy for pelvic abscess five weeks after discharge vaginitis, hematoma, upper respiratory infection, wound infection, suture granuloma, allergic reaction intraoperative small bowel laceration, symptomatic trocar hernia after 12 month, deep wound infection biliary stones laparotomy for clip lost from cystic artery stump p < 0.000# p < 0.000# Legend: year year of publication, procedure Palanivelu et al. and Salinas et al. used a flexible endoscope for transvaginal cholecystectomy (TVC), TV VHR transvaginal ventral hernia repair, TVA transvaginal appendectomy, CLC conventional three/four trocar cholecystectomy, N number of cases reported, BMI body mass index, CCI comprehensive complication index, SD standard deviation, DGE delayed gastric emptying, IUD intrauterine device, UTI urinary tract infection, grade I – IVa according to classification of surgical complications3, p level of significance Wilcoxon rank sum test, scenario I and II explained in text. *p < 0.90, **p < 0.46; #p scenario I vs. scenario II