This study included (163) patients admitted to the department of Surgery in Al-Assad
university hospital at Lattakia , between 1/1/2010 and 31/12/2013. They all had
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to acute cholecystolithiasis.
The male patients c
omposed (24.5%), and the female patients composed (75.5%) and
the ratio of females to males was (1:3.08).
In our study the age of most patients (53.4 %) was between (21-40) years.
The more frequent clinical features was pain (92.6%) , fever (74.8%) and (nausea +
vomiting) (72.4%).
Ultrasound abdomen was done in (100%).
The most intra – operative complication was perforation of gall bladder and spilled
stones (3.7%) and post – operative complication was spilled bile.
The conversion rate from Laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open method was
(7.4%).
cholecystectomy was done in (50.9%) in the first 72 hours of hospitalization and was
done in (49.1 %) after the 72 hours of hospitalization.
The median operating time was (72) minutes .
The mean stay being (1.7) days.
