TO STUDY THE CONVERSION RATE OF LAPAROSCOPIC TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND ITS CAUSES

Dr R. Rama Krishna Naik; Dr S.Sumegha Malika; Dr J. Naveen kumar

Volume : X, Issue : VI, June - 2020

TO STUDY THE CONVERSION RATE OF LAPAROSCOPIC TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND ITS CAUSES

Dr R. Rama Krishna Naik, Dr S. Sumegha Malika, Dr J. Naveen Kumar

Abstract :

BACKGROUND: Today laparoscopic cholecystectomy has replaced open cholecystectomy as the GOLD STANDARD in treatment of patients with cholelithiasis. METHOD: A prospective study consisting of 112 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy over a period of 1 year (2019) in tertiary care hospital. RESULTS: Females were the main sufferers of gallbladder disease in our study. 12 out of 112 cases, were converted to open cholecystectomy. Intraoperative causes of conversion are altered anatomy due to dense adhesions, haemorrhage and injury to CBD. CONCLUSION: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe and minimally invasive technique with only low conversion rate and commonest cause of conversion in this study is dense adhesions.