COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF LAPAROSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH CHOLECYSTOLITHIASIS: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY FROM THE CLINICAL HOSPITAL OF TETOVA
Background: Cholecystolithiasis is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders requiring surgical intervention worldwide. Since its introduction in the late 1980s, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has progressively replaced the conventional open approach (OC) as the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstone d...