Conversion from Laproscopic Cholecystectomy to open Cholecystectomy when and why?

Conversion from Laproscopic Cholecystectomy to open Cholecystectomy when and why?

Authors

  • Amir Riaz Bhutta
  • Andleeb Khanam
  • Mohammad Waheed
  • Azhar Javaid Bukhari
  • Khalid Javed Abid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v10i4.1242

Keywords:

Cholelithiasis. Cholecystectomy. Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic. Cholecystitis. Laparoscopy. Retrospective Studies. Tissue Adhesions. Laparotomy. Liver Cirrhosis.

Abstract

In this study 450 patients presented with symptomatic cholelithiasis, under went Laproscopic cholecystectomy from 1-1-2003 to 30-6-2004.Sex ratio showed that 92% were female and 8% male patients. Most of the cases 44% are in the age group 40-49 years. About 74% patients had chronic cholecystitis while 15% had acute cholecystitis. Mucocoele was present in 6%and empyema in 5% of cases. Conversion from laproscopic to open cholecystsectomy was done in 14 patients i.e 3.11%. The reason for conversion among these patients was acute cholecystitsis in 1.33% and anatomy was not clear. Heamorrhage occurred in 0.88%, empyema gall bladder with thickened, odematous gall bladder in 0.66% cases. Hypotention occurred in one patient.

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Published

05/16/2016

How to Cite

Bhutta, A. R., Khanam, A., Waheed, M., Bukhari, A. J., & Abid, K. J. (2016). Conversion from Laproscopic Cholecystectomy to open Cholecystectomy when and why?. Annals of King Edward Medical University, 10(4). https://doi.org/10.21649/akemu.v10i4.1242

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