| The best way to diagnose gall bladders problems | | | | to have your gall bladder removed is laparoscopic |
| is with the help of an ultrasound examination. | | | | cholecystectomy; this is the most used procedure |
| Sound waves sent into your abdomen can give a | | | | of the two; a few small incisions must be made in |
| clear picture of your gall bladder and thus show if | | | | your abdomen; through those incisions, the |
| you have any gallstones. X- rays or tomography | | | | surgeon then inserts tubes that have video |
| scans are also used to diagnose gall bladder | | | | cameras and the instruments needed to remove |
| problems. If you are diagnosed with gallstones, a | | | | your gall bladder; then he/ she watches on the |
| gall bladder problem, then surgery is the | | | | monitor and performs the operation; the gall |
| treatment. Even if there are other methods to | | | | bladder is carefully removed; this type of gall |
| treat a gall bladder problem, surgery is still the | | | | bladder removal surgery requires great surgical |
| most used tehnique. | | | | skills; in this gall bladder removal case, the |
| There are two surgery options for gall bladder | | | | recovery is quicker and painless; the patient can |
| problems: | | | | leave home a few hours after he/ she has had |
| - the standard gall bladder procedure, called | | | | the gall bladder procedure; |
| cholecystectomy; this is a an open gall bladder | | | | Both of these gall bladder surgeries can have |
| surgery; the surgeon makes a 7 inch incision in | | | | complications and side- effects. However, the |
| your abdomen and pull out your gall bladder | | | | side- effects are very mild and will actually pass in |
| through it; most of the patients that use this type | | | | a couple of days. Damaging the bile duct or some |
| of gall bladder surgery must stay in the hospital | | | | of the organs that are near the gall bladder is a |
| almost a week after the procedure; the recovery | | | | risk that you have to take when having gall |
| is slow and quite difficult in this gall bladder | | | | bladder removal surgery. In spite of all the risks |
| removal case; | | | | involved, more than ninety percent of all gall |
| - the second option that you have when choosing | | | | bladder surgeries are a success. |