Impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on resident training: fifteen years later.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was first introduced to our surgical community in 1989. In 1993, McKellar reviewed the impact of laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 1 specific surgical training program. Fifteen years later, the authors reexamined the implications of laparoscopic surgery on resident competency with both open and laparoscopic biliary procedures.