Background and Objectives: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a non- invasive method in surgery is becoming common leading to brilliant results and reduction of costs. Numerous studies have investigated this method with different results. Regarding the establishment of this surgery method in Zanjan and lack of accurate data concerning the results the present study was conducted to evaluate the results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in Zanjan during 2002-2004.
Materials and Methods: This descriptive study was carried out on 79 patients suffering from biliary colic who had been selected through simple sampling. The patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy and the results were investigated through indices: post operation complication rate, bed time, duration of surgery, mean peroral feeding start and conversion to open operation rate. The data were analysed through descriptive statistics.
Results: The following results were obtained: mean bed time 20 hours and 40 minutes, mean time of surgery 34 minutes, mean peroral feeding start time 10.5 hours, post operation complication rate 2.5% and conversion to open operation rate 5%.
Conclusion: The results of the present study are in accordance with the previous studies though the conversion to open operation rate is slightly higher. Regarding the results obtained from the research, extension of laparoscopic cholecystectomy is highly recommended in Zanjan.