Comparison of the length of hospital stay after open cholecystectomy and videolaparoscopic in a tertiary public hospital in Western São Paulo

Abstract

Cholecystitis consists of a chronic or acute inflammation of the gallbladder, associated or not with bacterial infection, and sometimes resulting mainly from the accumulation of stones inside, a process that is called cholelithiasis. Cholelithiasis usually has an insidious course and little symptoms at first, and the diagnosis usually comes with imaging tests performed after intense abdominal cramps that take the patient to the emergency room.