Along with the appearance of endoscopic cholecystectomy, the standards for the postoperative course of cholecystectomy have been drastically redefined, although similar results have been published in the pastas a result of more traditional surgical techniques. It seems that short hospital stay and fast return to work are more dependent on the protocol for management of the postoperative period rather titan the surgical technique. The true tecbnique of mini-cholecystectomy requires a complete redefinition of tbe operative technique and produces similar aesthetic and functional results as those of tbe endoscopic technique. For severa( years the author used small laparotomiesf or selected cholecystectomy cases, maintaining the traditional technical maneuvers for the extirpation ofthe gallbladder. Tbis experience evolved into drastic changes to the tecnique of cholecystectomy, a quite differ...

Along with the appearance of endoscopic cholecystectomy, the standards for the postoperative course of cholecystectomy have been drastically redefined, although similar results have been published in the pastas a result of more traditional surgical techniques. It seems that short hospital stay and fast return to work are more dependent on the protocol for management of the postoperative period rather titan the surgical technique. The true tecbnique of mini-cholecystectomy requires a complete redefinition of tbe operative technique and produces similar aesthetic and functional results as those of tbe endoscopic technique. For severa( years the author used small laparotomiesf or selected cholecystectomy cases, maintaining the traditional technical maneuvers for the extirpation ofthe gallbladder. Tbis experience evolved into drastic changes to the tecnique of cholecystectomy, a quite differ...