Assessment of the Frequency of Complications due to Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy at Hamedan Hospitals (1997-2005)

Introduction & Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the most common elective surgeries and is accepted as a primary therapy in symptomatic gall bladder disease. This procedure like other operations has same advantages but it can lead to complications which can threat the patient’s life. The aim of this study was to evaluate the complications frequency in Laparoscopic cholecystectomies which were done at Hamadan hospitals during 1997 to 2005. This retrospective study was comprised of 426 patients with cholecystitis who had been admitted at One of Hamadan hospitals (Ekbatan, Tamin Ejtamaiee, Mobasher, Boali and Artesh) and had undergone laparoscopic cholecystectomy from 1997 to September 2005. Among 426 patients who underwent LC, 53(12.44%) were male and 373 (87.56%) were female. The most common complication was retained stone (1.64%), followed by biliary tract injury (1.4%), bile leakage (1.4%) and bleeding, (1.17%). Although, the laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been recognized as the gold standard therapy for gallstone disease, but serious attention must be paid to bile duct injury.