Efficacy of mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) reduces hospital length of stay, generating lower costs, less postoperative pain and an esthetic incision, with the disadvantage of converting to an open cholecystectomy. According to Collet, it has a conversion rate to open cholecystectomy of 4.8%.