Abstract

The present study aims to describe the clinical data of pediatric patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a secondary care hospital. A descriptive and retrospective observational study was conducted for 130 patients, and all clinical records of pediatric patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy were obtained. These records were obtained from January 2022 to December 2024. The data were obtained from medical records and collected in a collection sheet and included affiliation, indication for cholecystectomy, type of cholecystectomy, operative time, hospital stay, postoperative complications, concomitant procedures, and pathological outcomes. Statistical analysis was conducted utilizing frequency distribution and percentages. The patients’ average age ranged from 7 to 15 years, and the prevalence of obesity was observed according to the body mass index (BMI). The genetic factor and bile duct injury were identified as the primary cause in 33 patients (25.8%). The complications were distributed across five categories: infection and bleeding, gallstone retention post-cholecystectomy syndrome, adhesion formation, and others. The most prevalent complications in this study were bleeding (3.85%) and gallstone retention post-cholecystectomy syndrome (2.27%). The study concluded that the quality of the cholecystectomy insight is statistically significant in the quality of life of pediatric patients before and after the surgical procedure.