[Etiology of "difficult" laparoscopic cholecystectomy].

AIM: To define causes of difficult situations in various forms of acute cholecystitis depending on terms of disease and clinico-morphological changes in gall bladder area and to justify differentiated application of laparoscopic surgery for acute cholecystitis.

MATERIAL AND METHODS: It was reviewed 1132 medical records of patients with acute cholecystitis. It is found that morphological changes in gall bladder and surrounding tissues depend on duration of follow-up of patients with acute cholecystitis and type of inflammation.

RESULTS: In acute catarrhal cholecystitis "complicated" intraoperative situations are observed in 37.5% due to "loose" tissues infiltration, in phlegmonous and gangrenous forms of inflammation - in 44.6% and 63.6% respectively due to "dense" infiltrates development.

CONCLUSION: Technical variants of laparoscopic cholecystectomy for various "difficult" intraoperative situations are suggested.