Embarazo y litiasis biliar. Especial referencia a la colecistectomía laparoscópica / Pregnancy and gall stones. Special reference to laparoscopic cholecistectomy

ABSTRACT

In this paper we review the indications of the laparoscopic cholecistectomy and other related methods in the diagnosis and treatment of cholelithiasis and choledocolithiasis during pregnancy. The epidemiology and ethiopathogenesis of biliary lithiasis during pregnancy are also reviewed.