<p>This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p> <p>Subtotal cholecystectomy has been carried out in 34 patients from 1972 to 1992. In the same period 1620
total cholecystectomies were performed. The indications were severe inflammation and/or severe fibrosis
in 31 patients, and Mirizzi syndrome type in 3 patients. The morbidity was insignificant, but one patient
died, due to severe sepsis. In follow up studies ranging from 6 months to 9 years, there was one patient
with retained stones in the common bile duct. No other post cholecystectomy sequelae were noticed in the
remaining 32 patients. Subtotal cholecystectomy is a safe, feasible and definitive operation in patients for
whom the standard operation could be dangerous. This operation is less burdensome to the patient, and
is accompanied by fewer complications than ordinary cholecystostomy.</p>
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HPB Surg. 1996; 9(3):133-136