[texastoo]

"Is there a place for the old operation?"

The old operation is performed daily especially on the obese patient. The laparascopic cholecystectomy is mainly for those who are not overweight. The gallbladder is located under the liver therefore sometimes hard to reach in the obese.

[freedomcrusader]

I saw a laparoscopic cholecystectomy go "open" once because the gall bladder was so jam packed full of stones, that it was impossible to get a hold of it with the grippers.

One stone had nearly completed the process of extrusion, with only a very, very, very thin part of the outermost layer of the gallbladder wall still covering it.

[Mamzelle]

Well, I meant for economic reasons. But you see how the discussion of doing such a thing can be uncomfortable.