[Emergency laparoscopy in the diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in the middle-aged and elderly].

The article describes the results of a laparoscopic transparietal puncture of the gall-bladder used for diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in 31 patients older than 60. The acute inflammatory process was found to subside due to the procedure in 30 patients, 26 of them were operated upon in the cold stage of the disease. The authors recommend a wider use of the method of urgent laparoscopy for diagnosis and treatment of acute cholecystitis in elderly and senile patients.