Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the procedure of choice for the majority of patients with gall bladder disease. Conversion to open technique is considered a major morbidity of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as it loses its supremacy over open technique once the conversion takes place. This study was conducted in an effort to determine the conversion rate and also identify the factors responsible for conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open cholecystectomy