[Results of laparoscopic cholecystectomy]

The paper provides the results of two-year use of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as a treatment of calculous cholecystitis in patients with various clinical and morphological types of calculous cholecystitis. Less intraoperative trauma, a mild postoperative period, and early activization of patients, good cosmetic effect are indisputable advantages of this therapeutical method which is an alternative to an open operation for calculous cholecystitis.