Do you have no time to undergo surgery for removing your gallbladder? Then Laparoscopic Gallbladder surgery is the best option for you. Laparoscopic surgeries are the least invasive surgery because they take a lot less time, and the recovery period for those procedures are less than other open operations.
If you have to attend your office within a week, then consider choosing laparoscopic surgery. But before choosing the surgery, know in detail what is laparoscopic operation and what is expected.
What is Laparoscopic Gallbladder surgery?
During this operation, your surgeon will make four small incisions on your abdomen. The size of the incisions will be less than one inch. The most significant incision will be built near your navel. The doctor will first pass a tube or laparoscopy through one of the incisions and fill the abdomen with carbon dioxide gas which will help your stomach blow up so that the doctor could get a good view of your organs. Then through the help of different instruments through the incisions, your gallbladder will be removed and taken out of the most massive cut near your navel.
Who should get laparoscopic surgery?
Southlake General Surgery provides laparoscopic gallbladder removal to the following people:
- Those patients who had a gallbladder attack should consider this operation.
- If you have cholecystitis or gallbladder inflammation, you are eligible for this kind of procedure.
- If you have pancreatitis, your surgeon will suggest you remove your gall bladder through the laparoscopic process.
- When you have Acalculous biliary pain or pain without any presence of gallstones, you will be guided by your doctor to undergo Laparoscopic Gallbladder surgery in Texas.
Who should not get laparoscopic surgery to remove their gallbladders?
Though this surgery is very convenient for most people, some patients should avoid laparoscopic operations. Patients whose gallbladders are severely inflamed should abstain from this kind of surgery. Open cholecystectomy is a better option for them. Also, patients who are over the age of 80 and the patients who previously had other abdominal operations should refrain from laparoscopic gallbladder removal.
If you have gallstones, then avoid laparoscopy at all costs. The surgery would make the stones pass through the bile duct and in turn, block the tube completely.
Always remember to consult a reputed surgeon before deciding on getting laparoscopic surgery. The surgery admittedly sounds easy but is not at all easy to perform. Choose the right doctor for you before getting the removal.
Complications of Gallbladder Surgery (Open Surgery)
- Bile leakage: Bile Leakage are a rare but serious gallbladder surgical complication. During surgery, bile can leak into the abdominal cavity, causing extreme pain, if a bile duct is injured. Often, bile leaks are corrected by placing a stent (narrow tube) into the duct to prevent bile from escaping while the duct heals.
- Scar Tissue: Scar tissue is created during surgery, when the skin and tissues recover. Scar tissue may pull on surrounding tissues, pinch or irritate nerve endings, or have nerve cells still stuck within. All of these factors can lead to discomfort and pain around the surgical area. Scar tissue pain following gallbladder surgery, also known as cholecystectomy, can become persistent.