[Laparoscopic procedures in digestive surgery].

During last ten year laparoscopic procedures have become the part of digestive surgery. Almost all digestive surgery operations were also done laparoscopically. The number of these operations is increasing every day, but some of them are not accepted completely. Various laparoscopic procedures are reviewed, their indications, the advantages and disadvantages. While laparoscopic cholecystectomy is accepted as the treatment of choice for cholelithiasis, other laparoscopic procedures are still not. Appendectomy, endoscopic groin hernia repair, and some gastric procedures have the best chances to be accepted. For other operations it is important to find the best technique and compare the results of these operations with open procedures.