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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with Indocyanine Green Fluorescence: Choledochoscopic Stone Extraction and Primary Duct Suture
Published on: November 25, 2025
[Actual status of laparoscopic cholecystectomy]
Elias Chousleb Mizrahi1, Alberto Chousleb Kalach, Samuel Shuchleib Chaba
1Departamento de Cirugía General, Departamento de Cirugía Experimental y Capacitación Quirúrgica, Centro Médico ABC, México, DF. cirexp@solar.sar.net
Introduction:
Since the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in 1988, the management of gall-bladder disease has changed importantly. This technique was rapidly popularized in the U.S. as well as in Europe. Multiple studies have proved its feasibility, safeness and great advantages.
Objective:
Analyze usefulness and recent advances of endoscopic surgery in the management of gallbladder disease.
Methods:
We did a review of the recent medical literature to determine the actual status of laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Results:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the most common surgical procedure performed in the digestive tract. During the year 2001, 1,100,000 cholecystectomies were done in the U.S., 85% were done laparoscopically. In Mexico cholecystectomy in government hospitals is done laparoscopically in 50% of the cases, while in private hospitals it reaches 90%. There are multiple prospective controlled studies showing superiority of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in times of recovery, costs, return to normal activity, pain, morbidity, esthetics among other advantages.
Conclusions:
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard for the treatment of the great majority of cases of gallbladder disease, nevertheless in developing countries open cholecystectomy is still done frequently.
