title: [The role of laparoscopy in the surgical treatment of scleroatrophic cholecystitis].
abstract: Atrophic cholecystitis is a chronic inflammatory complication of biliary lithiasis which occurs after many years of evolution and causes many problems in the surgical therapy. Authors analyze a 39 patients cohort and present the difficulties encountered during the treatment, especially in laparoscopic approach. These particular difficulties lead to a increase in conversion rate, 11.1%, much higher that in average laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The conclusion of this study is that this disease still remains a challenge for surgeons, especially in laparoscopic approach, and the conversion an elegant way to avoid severe intraoperative accidents.
authors.affiliation: Clinica de Chirurgie "Elias", Spitalul Universitar de Urgenţă "Elias", Bucureşti. drcalu@gmail.com
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Calu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dumitrescu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miron
mesh_terms: D002763:Cholecystectomy / Q000379:methods; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D041761:Cholecystolithiasis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome