| The gall bladder is removed by a surgery named | | | | The laparoscopic surgery does no need to cut the |
| cholecystectomy surgery. The gall bladder is | | | | muscles of the abdomen and because of this the |
| removed through a 5 to 8 inch incision in the | | | | incision is much smaller. The laparoscopic |
| abdomen. The cut is made below the ribs on the | | | | cholecystectomy does no need over night |
| right side and goes just below the waist. This | | | | hospitalisation. On the other hand the open |
| procedure is called open cholecystectomy. | | | | cholecystectomy need hospitalisation for about |
| But there is a newer way to remove the gall | | | | five days. The incisions are smaller with |
| bladder called laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In | | | | laparoscopic cholecystectomy and there is not as |
| this case a small, thin tube with a scope on the tip | | | | much pain after this operation as after open |
| of it is used to see the inside of the body and to | | | | cholecystectomy. |
| remove the gall bladder. Small incisions are used | | | | A surgery around the gall bladder tend to bleed a |
| the rather than one large incision. The same tube | | | | lot. Complications may include bleeding, infection |
| is put into the body through a tiny cut below the | | | | and injury to the duct (tube) that carries bile from |
| navel. | | | | the gall bladder to the stomach. During |
| The gall bladder can be seen on a TV screen and | | | | laparoscopic cholecystectomy the intestines or |
| by the surgery with tools inserted in other small | | | | major blood vessels may be injured when the |
| cuts made in the right upper part of the | | | | instruments are inserted into the abdomen, but |
| abdomen. In this manner the gallbladder is taken | | | | this complications are rare. |
| out through one of this incisions. People who | | | | The most efficient way of currying the gallbladder |
| agree with laparoscopic cholecystectomy may | | | | disease remains the surgery. The techniques |
| have less pain after surgery and may return to | | | | improved a lot nowadays and they offer many |
| work more quickly. | | | | methods of currying gallbladder. |