Mild to moderate acute biliary pancreatitis; frequency of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy in early versus delayed surgery

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Acute biliary pancreatitis is a serious complication of biliary calculous disease and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Incidence is more often in females and cause is the gall stones in majority of the cases. Definitive treatment is cholecystectomy and with the advancement of minimal invasive surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been considered as a gold standard for the management of acute Biliary Pancreatitis. The optimal timing when to perform laparoscopic cholecystectomy is still under debate. Many surgeons recommend early surgery whereas others are in favor of delayed surgery. This study is carried out to compare the timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cases of acute biliary pancreatitis