[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: complications and prevention].

In this report, 140 cases underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) with preoperative diagnosis of cholelithiasis in 134, noncalculous cholecystitis, and gallbladder polypus in three each. Ten patients had a history of abdominal surgery. Ten patients were converted to open surgery because of severe adhesions and hemorrhage. Complications were found in 6 including subcutaneous emphysema in 2, subhepatic infection in 1, bile fistula in 2, and postoperative intra abdominal hemorrhage in 1.