What are the surgical treatments available for cholecystitis?
One is conventional and other is laparoscopic.Explaining laparoscopic surgery is best accomplished by comparing it to traditional surgery. With traditional or ‘open’ surgery, the surgeon must make a cut that exposes the area of the body to be operated on. Until a few years ago, opening up the body was the only way a surgeon could perform the procedure. Now, laparoscopy eliminates the need for a large cut. Instead, the surgeon uses a laparoscope, a thin telescope-like instrument that provides interior views of the body. These days laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold standard treatment for cholecystitis or gall stone. Laparoscopic method has now virtually replaced the open procedure for the treatment of gallbladder disease.
