[The laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients].

The laparoscopic cholecystectomy in elderly patients. The treatment results of 142 patients with the cholelithiasis aged 23-84 years are represented. The operated patients were divided in two groups: those, younger 60 years; and the older patients, who were operated on laparoscopically. The authors proved, the the majority of the senile patients can be operated on laparoscopically.