Contributing Factors and Conversion Prevalence of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Surgery

Back ground: The application of laparoscopic technique for cholecystectomy is expanding very rapidly and now performed in almost all major cities and tertiary level hospitals in our country. The laparoscopic approach brings numerous advantages at the expense of a new set of diffi culties leads to open conversion especially in training facilities. Objective: To determine the rate and associated causative factors of conversion to open cholecystectomy in case of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in our surgical practice.