[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Report of 60 cases]. / Colecistectomía por laparoscopia. Informe de 60 casos.

We present our experience in 60 patients operated of Laparoscopy cholecistectomy, in the last 10 months of activity (we started in June 1990), 25 patients were operated on in the General Hospital No. 8 IMSS, 18 patients in General Hospital "Dr Fdo Quiroz" of ISSSTE and another 17 patients in different places. All of them had gallstones, 51 of the patients were women and 9 were men, the age of the patients was 42.2 years old. The surgery average time was 1.24 hrs with time between 0.32 and 2.25 hours. We operated on 4 patients with acute cholecystitis, three patients were operated on with conventional surgery, and other patient were operated on 10 days later for an Gallbladder Bed Abscess. We have no mortality, all the patients stay at the hospital just for 48 hours and they were ready to work in the next 4 or 8 days.

[Laparoscopy. Experience in 307 cases]. / Laparoscopia. Experiencia en 307 casos.

We performed 307 laparoscopies in 8 years. Most common indications were: Hepatic disorders 53% neoplasms 17%; therapeutical studies 7%. We made the first 4 cholecystectomies by laparoscopy in Mexico, without serious problems; 8 Tenckhoff catheters were collocated without surgical intervention; drainage of amebic abscess were done in 8 cases. In 18 patients the procedure was because of acute abdomen, being excluded this possibility in 8. Percutaneous cholangiography was done in 6. Our complications were minimal, non required surgical intervention. We did not have mortality among our patients by the procedure.