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Cholecystectomy is the
surgical removal of the gallbladder.
Cholecystectomy is a
common treatment of
symptomatic gallstones and
other gallbladder conditions...
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symptoms after a
cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal).
Symptoms occur in
about 5 to 40
percent of
patients who
undergo cholecystectomy, and can be transient...
- abdomen, and are
often treated with
removal of the
gallbladder (called a
cholecystectomy). Cholecystitis,
inflammation of the gallbladder, has a wide range...
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episodes of
abdominal pain.
There are two
surgical options for
cholecystectomy: Open
cholecystectomy is
performed via an
abdominal incision (laparotomy) below...
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surgical removal of the gallbladder,
laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is
performed using several small incisions located at...
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disease at
presentation and are
inoperable at the time of diagnosis. In
cholecystectomy there is a
slight risk (0.3–0.5%) of
injury of the bile ducts, most...
- (DVT).
Rather than a
minimum 20 cm
incision as in
traditional (open)
cholecystectomy, four
incisions of 0.5–1.0 cm, or,
beginning in the
second decade of...
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minimise the
above drawbacks of
conventional Cholecystectomy an
attempt was made with
MiniLap Cholecystectomy through a
single 6-8 cms incision. This was...
- pain (pain
without stones), and can even be
found in
patients post-
cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder),
possibly as a
consequence of dysfunction...
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despite prior cholecystectomy. One
study found that in
patients diagnosed with choledocholithiasis, 28% had
undergone prior cholecystectomy. Such stones...
