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We have analysed data retrospectively of patients undergoing elective LC between 01\/03\/2019 to 01\/05\/2019 and 01\/04\/2021 to 11\/06\/2021. Demographics, waiting time to surgery, intra-operative details and outcome data were compared between the two cohorts. Indications for surgery were grouped as inflammatory (acute cholecystitis, gallstone pancreatitis, CBD stone with cholangitis) or non-inflammatory (biliary colic, gallbladder polyps, CBD stone without cholangitis). A <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> value of &amp;lt;0.05 was used for statistical significance. Out of the 159 patients included, 106 were operated pre-pandemic and 53 during the pandemic recovery phase. Both groups had similar age, gender, ASA-grades and BMI. In the pre-pandemic group, 68 (64.2%) were operated for a non-inflammatory pathology compared to 19 (35.8%) from the recovery phase cohort (<jats:italic>p\u2009<\/jats:italic>&amp;lt;\u20090.001). 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