FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY; OUR EXPERIENCE

Abstract

BACKGROUND:LC has become the gold standard for treating symptomatic cholelithiasis. It is important to keep in mind that the primary goal of LC is the safe removal of the GB, Therefore conversion to open should not be deemed a failure. Conversion to laparotomy may denitively be identied with surgical anatomy in difcult dissection or to address intraoperative complications such as bleeding, biliary or bowel injury. Ideally conversion should be carried out before complication arises Method and material: The present study was done on 100 patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Department of General Surgery at Mahatma Gandhi Hospital. Factors(brief history, preoperative investigation and ultrasound ndings) that could help predict convertion of lap. Cholecystectomy to open were idened and were analysised with IBM.SPSS statistics software Result: Observation and analysis of all the parameters studied. Total 6 patients out of 100 cases were converted to open cholecystectomy i.e. conversion rate is 6%. Association of conversion with age was signicant. Association of BMI with conversion rate was signicant. no signicant association of acute cholecystitis with conversion rate. no signicant association of history of jaundice with conversion rate. Association of previous abdominal surgery with conversion rate was signicant. Association of wbc count with conversion rate was not signicant. There was signicant association between GB wall thickness and conversion rate. No signicant association of impacted stone with conversion rate. No signicant association of pericholecystic uid with conversion rate. Colclusion:In our study signicant correlation was found between the following parameters and conversion BMI, Previous abdominal surgery and GB wall thickness rest factors were not signicant.