Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard for the treatment of gallstones. The objective of our study was to identify the preoperative predictors of conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy into open cholecystectomy. Methods & Subjects: We carried out a cross-sectional study of 110 patients admitted to the
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