With advanced medical innovation, “Gallbladder Stones” which used to be treated by open abdominal surgery, nowadays… patients can recover from this condition through laparoscopic surgery, a highly effective and safe treatment… and patients can return to normal life just a few days after surgery!!
Gallstones are caused by the crystallization of chemical components in bile. An imbalance of these chemical components in bile leads to crystallization, forming either a single stone or multiple small stones.
Observe carefully, do we have “Gallbladder Stones”??
Bloating, fullness, cramping pain usually under the ribs or epigastric area, which may radiate to the right shoulder blade or back. The pain often occurs after eating fatty foods and lasts for several hours.
If acute cholecystitis occurs, there is usually pain in the right rib area, tenderness when pressed, fever, and nausea with vomiting.
Treatment Innovations
- Open Cholecystectomy This method is used in cases where the gallbladder is severely inflamed or ruptured into the abdominal cavity.
- Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy In cases without acute cholecystitis, the surgery is successful in about 95% of cases. However, if acute cholecystitis lasts more than 3 days, the success rate decreases. The surgeon makes 2-3 small incisions of 0.5 cm on the abdomen and one 1 cm incision at the navel, inserts a camera and instruments through these incisions, separates the gallbladder from the liver, cuts the gallbladder’s neck, detaches the remaining parts, places them in a specially designed bag, and removes them through the navel.
Advantages of Laparoscopic Gallstone Surgery
With small surgical wounds, it is easier to care for… lower risk of infection, and less postoperative pain. Hospital recovery time is only 1-2 days, followed by about 1 week of home recovery, after which patients can return to work as usual.
