TY - JOUR AU - Ali, Amir AU - Syed, Mukarram Hussain AU - Khan, Taimoor Ashraf AU - Aslam, Farheen AU - Ahmad, Gufran AU - Akbar, Afnan PY - 2021/08/26 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - OUTCOMES OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN DIFFERENT GRADES OF GALL BLADDER INFLAMMATION A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE EXPERIENCE JF - Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal JA - PAFMJ VL - 71 IS - 4 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.51253/pafmj.v71i4.6173 UR - https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/6173 SP - 1252-55 AB - <p><strong>Objective:</strong> To find the outcomes of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in gall bladders with all grades peri-operative inflammation.</p><p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Prospective observational study.</p><p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, from Nov 2018 to Aug 2019.</p><p><strong>Methodology:</strong> All patients with symptomatic gall bladder disease who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (emergency/elective procedure) and American Anesthesiology Society (ASA) Score 1 or 2 were included in the study.</p><p><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 330 patients with a mean ± SD age of 48.01 ± 14.13 years underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Out of 330 patients, 129 (39.1%) had acute inflammation of gall bladder while 201 (69.9%) cases were operated electively. The rate of conversion and complications were somehow lesser in both categories as the overall conversion rate was 15 (4.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for symptomatic gall stones. Moreover, it is safe option in acute and chronic inflammation of Gall bladder if performed by a experienced laparoscopic surgeon.</p> ER -