Between Oct. 1992 - Jul. 1994, 948 cholecystectomies were performed in our clinic. Of 948 cases, 190 (20.5%) cases were in the geriatric age group (>65 years old). Open cholecystectomy (OC) was performed on 136 patients and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) on 54 patients. Results in each group were compared with each other with respect to operating time, hospitalization time, morbidity and mortality. Operating time was 48.7+3.0 minutes for the laparoscopic group compared with 55.2±2.4 minutes for the open cholecystectomy group and the difference was not significant statistically (p>0.05). Hospitalization in the LC group (1.4±0.8 days) was significally shorter than that of the open cholecystectomy group (5.2±0.3) days (p0.05). Laparaskopik kolesistektomi grubundaki hospitalizasyon süresi (1.4±0.8 gün) açık kolesistektomi gru-bundakinden (5.2±0.3 gün) anlamlı derecede kısa idi (p>0.05). Komplikasyon açık ko¬lesistektomi grubunda 18 (%13.2), laparoskopik kolesistektomi grubunda 3 (%5.5) olup aradaki fark yine istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bulundu (p