Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is currently the most commonly performed major abdominal surgery in Western countries. Ever since the introduction of laparoscopic surgery in the late 1980s, cholecystectomies are now routinely performed laparoscopically; concomitantly the introduction and refinement of other laparoscopic abdominal surgeries have rapidly progressed due to the early experience and safety profile seen in LC.