Risk Factors of Gangrenous Cholecystitis in General Surgery Patient Admitted for Cholecystectomy in King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital (KAUH), Saudi Arabia.

Introduction: Gangrenous cholecystitis (GC) is known as perforation and necrosis of the gallbladder wall caused by ischemia ensuing to vascular insufficiency. Gangrenous cholecystitis is associated with a high risk of morbidity.

Aim: With a percentage of patients needing emergent help, our objective is to determine the risk factor of GC in KAUH.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with cholelithiasis and liver cirrhosis.

Cirrhosis was considered an absolute or relative contraindication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Open surgery in the cirrhotic patients over-years have witnessed of the poor outcome. The present study evaluated the outcome and determined the benefit and risk of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy in cirrhotic patients with symptomatic gall stone.