A single dose of prophylactic antibiotic failed to decrease the likelihood of SSI after laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

CO(2) pneumoperitoneum enhances the activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients with risk factors like old age, obesity or with expected long duration of laparoscopic surgery are likely to have significant activation of coagulation, making them a vulnerable risk group for development of postoperative deep vein thrombosis, warranting some form of thromboprophylaxis.

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Male patients of acute cholecystitis or patient with serum C-reactive protein levels of >3.6 mg/dl at admission have high risk of conversion in early laparoscopic cholecystectomy and warrant a conservative early management followed by delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy.