Improvements in the field of diagnostic studies as well as better understanding of various benign conditions affecting gallbladder may explain the rise in the incidence of it, including gallstones rather than the change in the living standards of Indian population. In the present scenario, this study tries to find out the instance of other benign conditions of gallbladder amongst the patients presenting themselves for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This study will also look through a detailed review of literature whether in these benign conditions of gallbladder, laparoscopic procedure should be the procedure of choice.
All the patients admitted with symptomatic gallbladder diseases are treated with cholecystectomy. After the advent of laparoscopic surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard procedure for gallbladder removal for benign indications and is the preferred mode of surgery now. Many comparative studies between laparoscopic cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy in developed countries have been discontinued because patients are refusing the open procedure for the superior procedure, i.e., laparoscopic cholecystectomy primarily due to its completeness and safety, better cosmesis and almost no post-operative pain and discomfort.
This study tried to find out the spectrum of the benign diseases/conditions of gallbladder, which necessitate its removal and also keep in mind about the documented premalignant conditions of the gallbladder, which are benign; and evaluate the prognosis of the patients with such conditions over a period of time to understand whether laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be considered to be the proper form of therapy in all these patients.