Open AccessRate of conversion and complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Wagih Mommtaz Ghnnam,
Jawid Malek,
Emad Shebl,
Turky Maeed Elbeshry,
Irfan Ahmad
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of saudi medicine/annals of saudi medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 0975-4466
pISSN - 0256-4947
DOI - 10.4103/0256-4947.60521
Subject(s) - medicine , cholecystectomy , general surgery , incidence (geometry) , laparotomy , gallbladder disease , surgery , general hospital , bile duct , laparoscopic cholecystectomy , physics , optics
Problems during laparoscopic cholecystectomy include bile duct injury, conversion to open operation, and other postoperative complications. We retrospectively evaluated the causes for conversion and the rate of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy and assessed the postoperative complications.