[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.

[texastoo]

That happens many times. The old gallbladder surgery is used daily. However, the lap choly is the best when possible and performed more than the old surgery.