The role of histopathologic alterations of gallbladder wall in conversion cholecystectomy

Abstract

Aim: We aimed to investigate the role of histopathologic alterations of gallbladder wall in conversion cholecystectomy.Material and Methods: 3338 laparoscopic cholecystectomies and 121 conversion cholecystectomies that were performed between January 2008 and June 2017 in our hospital were evaluated. Patients were divided into 2 groups as laparoscopic and conversion cholecystectomy groups. Both groups were compared retrospectively by examining the histopathologic data of 140 patients wererandomly analyzed.Results: There was a statistically significant difference between the types of surgery according to necrosis, polymorfonuclearleucocystes, mononuclear cells, edema levels (p