[Malignant tumors of the gallbladder]

On the basis of their personal experience (43 observations) the authors are discussing problems of the preoperative and intraoperative diagnosis, immediate and remote results of the surgical treatment of carcinoma of the gallbladder. Early cholecystectomies in patients with "gallbladder block" and in patients with a long-standing acalculous cholecystitis are considered to be a prophylactic measure. The importance of oncological suspicion and dynamic dispensary observation of patients with chronic cholecystitis is emphasized.