Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Young Girl

Abstract

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now a widely used procedure in adults. However, reports on this procedure in infants and young children are rare. This paper reports a successful laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a young girl.

Results and complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy in childhood

“…However, cholelithiasis is rare in children; for this reason, it is difficult to evaluate the validity of this procedure in a large case series of pediatric patients [9,16].…”