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Over 1/2 million people in America have their gallbladders removed every year. This is called cholecystectomy. Is it necessary? Will your digestion be perfect afterwards? That's what everybody's hoping for, to be pain free, gas free, bloat-free and to be able to eat whatever they like. You have a 60% chance of that happening. Out of every 10 cholecystectomies, 4 people will still have symtpoms.
Who Benefits From Gallbladder Removal?
While the gallbladder is certainly helpful in aiding the body to digest fats, it is not essential, and people who experience malfunction or disease of the gallbladder can live perfectly healthy lives without one. Individuals who have been diagnosed with gallstones, inflammation of the gallbladder, or cancer of the gallbladder will benefit from its removal.
Gallbladder Removal
Removal of the gallbladder is called a cholecystectomy. Today, this procedure is most commonly performed through a laparoscopic approach, utilizing very small cuts in the upper quadrant of the abdomen through which a laparoscope and other small instruments perform the procedure without having to make a traditional "open" surgical procedure through a large incision.
Prior to the surgical procedure, which typically lasts under 2 hours, the surgeon inflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide or air to create more space for easy viewing of the gallbladder. The laparoscope, a small, narrow tube with a lighted scope and video camera attached to one end, is inserted into a very small incision close to the belly button. Several surgical tools are inserted through 2 to 3 very small incisions in the upper abdomen as well, which allow access for insertion of these tools used during the procedure. The surgeon is then able to view your internal organs and gallbladder on a video or monitor screen in the surgical suite.
The gallbladder is tied off and separated from its attachments to the liver and the bile duct. The detached gallbladder is then removed through one of the surgical incisions or ports in the abdomen. In most cases, you will only need to remain in the hospital for one night, as opposed to traditional open surgery, which may require a 3- to 5-day hospital stay.
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If you have been diagnosed with echogenic foci of the gall bladder do you have to have it removed?
yes
Can you get pancreatitis back once gallbladder is removed?
You can most certainly develop pancreatitis after having your gall bladder removed. The gall bladder and pancreas share the same common bile duct and often times agitation to that area can stir up acute chemical pancreatitis.
What organ or organs of the digestive system can be surgically removed safely?
gall bladder
Does the horse have a gall bladder?
No a horse does not have a Gall Bladder.
How did Lyndon B. Johnson get his stomach scar?
He had his gall bladder removed while in office.
Do you have to change your diet if you have had your gall bladder removed?
Yes you should eat less fat so you don't have digestive trouble like diarrhea.
The sludge is causin?
The sludge is causing irritation of the gall bladder that is likely leading to the symptoms you have, this is common with stones or sludge, it is not related to making enough bile, which is produced in the liver, not the gall bladder. Therefore if you have the gall bladder removed the source of irritation will be gone, and your symptoms will likely abate
What acids are found in your gall bladder?
Acids found in your gall bladder are enzymes
How do you spell gall bladder?
The human digestive system organ is the gall bladder.
What is somethings that get removed from your body?
Mole Tattoos Teeth Tonsils Warts Hair appendix Gall bladder
What do they do for a gall stone?
Gall stones are usually multiple. In such case you have to get the gall bladder removed by operation. Otherwise the gall stone may enter the common bile duct and may cause obstructive jaundice. That is serious condition.
Which of the six basic nutrients might a person need to restrict after an operation to remove the gallbladder?
Fats, especially saturated fats, should be restricted after cholecystectomy.
