JOURNAL OF LAPAROENDOSCOPIC & ADVANCED SURGICAL TECHNIQUES-PART A, vol.15, no.2, pp.130-134, 2005 (Journal Indexed in SCI)
Purpose: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the gold standard operation for the treatment of symptomatic gallstones. Intraoperative gallbladder perforation is a common complication encountered during the surgery. The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of inflammation on gallbladder perforation during LC.