EVALUATION OF COMPLICATIONS OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMIES
Keywords:
Laproscopy, cholecystectomy, complicationsAbstract
Objective: To analyze laparoscopic cholecystectomies and its complications.
Material and Methods: This study was conducted in Surgical Department of Hayatabad Medical Complex, Peshawar
from January 2010 to December 2013. This included all patients who underwent elective laparoscopic cholecystectomies.
We evaluated the results in terms of intra and post-operative complications including conversion to open
cholecystectomy, morbidity, mortality and re-operation rate.
Results: The overall complications were 29%. Intra-operative complications were bleeding in 07%, gallbladder perforation
in 4.2%, stone loss in 02%, common bile duct injury in 1.2% and injury to intra-abdominal organs in 0.8% of
cases. Regarding postoperative complications there was wound infection in 02%, bile leakage in 2.9%, sub-hepatic
collection in 1.2%, residual gall stones in CBD were 1.2%, biliary peritonitis due to leakage in 1.6%, conversion to open
cholecystectomy and re-operation were 2.9% and 1.2% respectively. The overall mortality was 0.4%.
Conclusion: The overall rate of complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomies in our unit are comparable to that
of the international standards
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
All articles published in the Journal of Medical Sciences (JMS) are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY 4.0). Under the CC BY 4.0 license, author(s) retain the ownership of the copyright publishing rights without restrictions for their content, and allow others to copy, use, print, share, modify, and distribute the content of the article even for commercial purposes as long as the original authors and the journal are properly cited. No permission is required from the author/s or the publishers for this purpose. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article. The corresponding author has the right to grant on behalf of all authors, a worldwide license to JMS and its licensees in all forms, formats, and media (whether known now or created in the future), The corresponding author must certify and warrant the authorship and proprietorship and should declare that he/she has not granted or assigned any of the article’s rights to any other person or body.
The corresponding author must compensate the journal for any costs, expenses, or damages that the JMS may incur as a result of any breach of these warranties including any intentional or unintentional errors, omissions, copyright issues, or plagiarism. The editorial office must be notified upon submission if an article contains materials like text, pictures, tables, or graphs from other copyrighted sources. The JMS reserves the right to remove any images, figures, tables, or other content, from any article, whether before or after publication, if concerns are raised about copyright, license, or permissions and the authors are unable to provide documentation confirming that appropriate permissions were obtained for publication of the content in question.
