ABSTRACT
Objective: To observe the rate of complications during elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies. Design and study duration: It was a prospective study and was carried out from July 2011 to June 2012. Setting: The study was conducted at PAF Hospital Islamabad. Patients: 105 patients with gall stone disease who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Material and Methods: 105 patients ranging in age from 23 yrs to 81yrs were operated. 12 were males and 93 were females. History, clinical examination and ultrasonography were used to diagnose the presence of gall stones. Patients with acute symptoms were excluded from the study
Results: The main complications encountered were iatrogenic perforation of the gall bladder [8], haemorrhage [7], post-operative bile leakage [4], and large gut injury [1]. Conversion to open surgery was done in three cases due to difficulty in identifying anatomy and in case of large gut injury. There was one death
Conclusions: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy [LC] has become the preferred method of treatment in surgery for gall stone disease. A sound knowledge of the complications and their management makes this a safe procedure