BILIARY TRACT DISEASE.

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is six years old. In this short period of time, it has created a veritable revolution in the surgical world. This swift conquest has been achieved by the pioneers of the method, thanks to the favorable opinion of their patients, who were immediately won over by the short and painless postoperative course, the quick return to normal physical activity, and the absence of functional or aesthetic sequelae. The patients themselves promoted the method, when the medical and surgical spheres remained indifferent or skeptical, not to say hostile.