title: [Gallstones, current surgical advances].
abstract: A short survey of the recent advances in the treatment of gallstones is followed by a video-report of the laparoscopic cholecystectomy: the last acquisition in surgical practice. Since the excellent results the authors prefer the endoscopic way to the open cholecystectomy in the treatment of non-complicated symptomatic gallstone disease. This procedure can be considered as the "first choice", so far as indications are severed, and operation is performed by a surgeon credentialed in general biliary surgery.
authors.affiliation: Dienst Algemene Heelkunde, Sint-Camilluskliniek, Antwerpen.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huyghe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huyghe
mesh_terms: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods*; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D000075202:Contraindications; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts
vernacular_title: Galstenen, nieuwe heelkundige aanwinsten.