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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy —Present Status and Future—

Introduction Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) was first performed in France in 1987, in the United States in 1988 and in 1990 in Japan. Since then, LC has been widely accepted in each country and is regarded as an alternative treatment to the conventional open cholecystectomy. In this editorial, the present status and the future of LC will be discussed in comparison with other treatments for gallstones.