[Surgical treatment of cholecystitis and cholecystopancreatitis].

The treatment of 3539 patients has shown that patients with the unquestionable diagnosis of acute cholecystitis (cholecystopancreatitis) without aggravating circumstances must be operated upon in earlier time - within 3--6 days from the onset of the disease, in spite of the improved general condition. Other conditions being equal, the question of surgical treatment must be solved earlier in elderly and senile patients with acute cholecystitis and cholecystopancreatitis.