Abstract:Objecti ve: to describe our experience in evaluating the role of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in management of gallstone disease in children. Methods: A p rospective study carried out on 20 patients with calculercholecystitis who were ad mitted to the hospital between September 2015 and May 2017 fo r laparoscopic cholecystectomy using four ports. Results: Twelve children (60%) were males and eight children (40%) were females. The mean age was 7 years (range 1 to 13 years). eighteen (90%) children had typi… Show more
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