[Cholecystectomy with minilaparotomy]

Carl Langenbuch realized in Germany in 1882, the first cholecystectomy. On this century of experience, the technique has been converted in a classic way. Since 1910, it was converted on the gold standard in the treatment of the cholelithiasis, place that it still conserve. In the last three years, with the apparition of the endoscopy techniques, and the minimum access idea, the way of carrying it out has changed. Merril in United States of America reports 82 cases of cholecystectomy through incisions from 4 to 6 cms of longitude, with good results. We present the first 15 cases of cholecystectomy through wounds of 3-5 cms made for the authors and review the results. We concluded that should join a major casuistic to evaluate the place that these techniques could ocupate.