Abstract
Objectives: To study the complications following Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Design: It was a retrospective analysis.
Materials and Method: The study was conducted in West Surgical Unit, Mayo Hospital, Lahore over a period of one year from 1st Nov 2007 to 30th Oct 2008, comprising of 118 patients.
Results: We had two cases with intra-operative bleeding (1.6%), There was one bile duct injury (0.8%), occurring in patients with abnormal cystic duct anatomy, damage to alimentary tract was none, and the number of conversions was 7(5.9%). Early Post operative complications: one patient had bleeding due to slippage of clip (0.8%), bile leakage in one patient (0.8%), No Port site bleeding, Late complications: Wound Infection 4(3.3%), shoulder pain in 9 (7.6%). none of the patient in the study had, port site hernia, deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. There was no mortality in this series.
Conclusion: Data obtained by this study suggests that laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and effective for the treatment of symptomatic gallstone disease.