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. 2003;5(3):152–158. doi: 10.1080/13651820310015293

Table 6. Conversion to open operation (184 cases, 1.9%).

Obligatory conversions Total section of the CBD 9
Partial lesions of the CBD 2
Lesion of the right hepatic duct 2
Bile leakage from the gallbladder bed 2
Haemorrhage from the gallbladder bed 5
Haemorrhage from the omental vessels 2
Haemorrhage from the cystic artery 1
Haemorrhage from right hepatic artery 1
Elective conversions Pericholecystitis 124
Internal biliary fistula 13
Adhesions after previous laparotomy 6
CBD stones 7
Technical reasons (rupture of the Dormia probe, etc.) 5
Perforated gallbladder 2
Gallbladder neoplasms 3