[The efficacy of different types of cholecystectomy for chronic cholecystitis]

The results of surgical treatment of 193 patients with chronic calculous cholecystitis were analyzed. In 89 of then the ordinary cholecystectomy (OC) was conducted, in 48--cholecystectomy through the minilaparotomy access (MC), in 56--laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). After OC conduction the incidence of postoperative complications was the greatest. After LC conduction the complications appeared in 5 patients, they started to stand up and walk on the second day, the majority of them were discharged from the hospital in 2 days. The hospital stay duration after LC conduction was (3.8 + 1.5) days on the average, while after MC and OC-(6.2 + 1.5) and (12.4 + 2.3) days accordingly. Essential advantage of LC over OC and MC was determined.