Miniinvasive surgical interventions in management of cholelithiasis A retrospective study.

The aim of the present study is to analyze outcomes after laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) and minilaparotomy cholecystectomy (MC) for gallstone disease and determine the algorithm of treatment for different groups of patients according to the age, severity of disease and comorbid conditions. This is a multicenter retrospective review of 2997 patients who underwent LC or MC between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2008. The patients were categorized into LC (1479) and MC (1518) groups.