Studies in Acute Cholecystitis

Abstract

Cholecystotomy has become an unwanted stepchild in the family of surgical procedures. Its presence as a recognized operation is admitted, but its legitimacy is suspect. In the standard textbooks of surgical methods1 2 3 the technic is but sketchily outlined, and then as a procedure carried out under general anesthesia with a full gall-bladder incision. The operation is usually mentioned as a means of escaping from a technically difficult situation by a relatively simple procedure. It has its proponents,4 5 6 but it is often regarded as an operation suitable for the timorous or inexperienced but rarely carried out by the skillful surgeon.It . . .