Abstract

laparoscopic cholecystectomy has established itself as the gold standard for cholecystectomy replacing decades old open cholecystectomy. This study compared open cholecystectomy and lap chole in a medical college in rural setup and consisted of 40 patients with a diagnosis of gall stone disease, that underwent Cholecystectomy at M V J Medical College and Research Hospital from Nov 2011 T0 Oct 2013 to compare the advantages and disadvantages of both the methods. Patients with cholelithiasis proven by USG with at least one attack of upper abdominal pain were included in the study. Patients with CBD stones and aged above 70 yrs were excluded from the study. The main advantages of LC were the reduced post-operative pain with less duration of

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