[Gallbladder carcinoma in Iceland 2004-2013].

Introduction: Gallbladder carcinoma is about 0.5% of all cancer. The outcome of patients with gallbladder carcinoma is overall bad and the only potentially curative treatment is surgery.

[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The first 400 cases at Akureyri Central Hospital.].

Objective: To assess the outcome of the first 400 laparoscopic cholecystectomies (LC) in Akureyri Central Hospital (FSA), Iceland.

Methods: We carried out a prospective study of LCs performed between July 1992 and February 2001. Primary endpoints were complication- and conversion rate, hospital stay and duration of convalescence.