Analysis of laparoscopic cholecystecomies in 606 patient: Experience at King Fahad hospital, Medina

ABSTRACT

This is a retrospective study of 606 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy at King Fahad Hospital, Medina, Saudi Arabia. The majority of them, 488 [80.5%], were females. Fifty [8.3%] patients presented with acute cholecystitis and 556 [91.7%] were chronic cases. Common bile duct stones were detected in 22 [3.6%] patients. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was successful in 539 [89%] patients and converted to open cholecystectomy in 67 [11%] patients due to a variety of reasons. The mean operative time was 65.9 minutes. Most of the patients [64.7%] were discharged within 72 hours. There were no deaths in this series. The overall complication rate was 5.6% and the incidence of major ductal injury was 0.8%