[Minicholecystectomy--the technical aspects]

In current interventional medicine operations on the gallbladder and biliary tracts, performed by "mini" access are ever more widely used in practice. Cholecystectomy done through minilaparotomy is an attractive procedure with well established superiorities, irrespective of the enthusiasm for laparoscopic accomplishment of the interventions in this particular field of surgery. Approbation of the method initiates in the early 80-ies, and ever since then it marks a ceaseless improvement in technical respect. In this report reference is made to a number of technical hints, rendering the procedure safer and readily accessible in the routine surgical practice, as well as successfully competing with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.