iarjmcrIARJMCRIARJMCR2709-3220https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjmcr.2022.v03i01.006Socio-Demographic & Clinical Profile of Patients Having Gall Bladder Perforation and Spillage of Bile & Gall Stones During Laparoscopic CholecystectomyUmaSharmaManishSharmaBackground: Present study was done to evaluate the socio-demographic & clinical profile of patients having gall bladder perforation and spillage of bile & gall stones during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Material & Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the Department of General Surgery, IGMC, Shimla. 100 consecutive patients of symptomatic gallstones with the documented gallstones undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy between July 2011 to March 2012 were included in the study and a study of gall bladder perforation and spillage of bile and gall stones was done. Results: In the present study majority of patients were females (86%) and males were only 14%. Mean age of the females was 40.15±10.97 years and in the male patients it was 47.64 years. Majority of the patients presented with symptoms of pain right upper abdomen (96%), dyspepsia (37%) and most of the patients had symptoms for a period of 1-6 months (37%). There were 16 patients with previous lower abdominal surgery.4% of the patients had multiple stones on ultrasound whereas 26% had single stone on ultrasound. 68% of the patients had gallbladder stone up to 1cm in size. The gallbladder wall thickness in 29% of patients was up to 2mm and in 48% patients was between 2.1 -3 mm. Among the total, 53 patients (53%) had distended gall bladder without any adhesions and 22 patients (22%) had distended gallbladder with adhesions with omentum. Conclusion: Majority of patients in this study were females, in age group of 31- 40 years, had pain right hypochondrium, had multiple stones with size ≤10 mm and had gallbladder thickness ranging between 2.1-3mm.