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Abstract The explosion of laparoscopic techniques in general surgery has entailed an important modification in surgery, which some authors have denoted ‘biliary perestroika’. Since the Bethesda Conference consensus from 1992, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been the treatment of choice for symptomatic gallstones In the beginning, liver cirrhosis was considered a contraindication for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, mostly for the same reasons as for other surgical procedures, i.e. mild to severe bleeding tendency, prolonged wound healing due to hypoproteinemia, and various metabolic disorders. The effect of CO2 pneumoperitoneum on the cirrhotic liver was also discussed. Using correct operative indications, better opportunity, and reasonable modality or techniques, we can improve the curative effect and prognosis in patients with cholelithiasis and liver cirrhosis. The study was done to evaluate and to compare between the characters, risk and benefits of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) versus open cholecystetomy (OC) in cirrhotic portal hypertension (CPH) patients. |