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Worldwide, increasingly complex surgery is being performed laparoscopically; thus, laparoscopic complication rates may be increasing. Reported risks from all complications of laparoscopic surgery are between 1 and 12.5/1000 cases and serious complications in 1/1000 cases. Accurate complication rates of surgery are difficult to obtain as most data are from retrospective studies and may be incomplete...