The surgical removal of gallstones by cutting into the gall bladder.
Removal of gallstones through an incision in the gallbladder.
The removal of gall-stones from “the gallbladder or bile ducts, when cholecystectomy or lithotripsy are inappropriate or not possible. It involves a cholecystomy, an operation to open the gall-bladder.
A surgical cut into the gallbladder to extract gallstones.