What Doctors Don't Tell YouKeyhole surgery can trigger gallbladder cancer or cause it to recur, researchers have found. The procedure, known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which involves the removal of the gall bladder, c ...
Even if the repair operation is a technical ‘success’, bile duct injury (BDI) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal by ‘keyhole’ surgery) has a strong adverse effect on the patient’s quality of life for many years after the...
Many surgeons believe that some organs in the body really aren’t necessary, so when things go wrong, they can be removed with no harm done. A common example of this is a cholecystectomy - surgical removal of the gallbladder. The gallbladder...
* If you do opt for keyhole surgery, make sure the surgeon is very experienced and that the hospital performs these operations on a regular basis. Most injuries caused by this type of surgery are the result of an inexperienced surgeon. If you are in...
* Have your cholesterol checked and switch to a low-cholesterol diet, if necessary, to avoid gallstone development.
OK, that’s enough fun for a while – now back to the bad news. Cholecystectomy – or gallbladder removal – is one of the most common surgical procedures, with around 750,000 performed in the States alone every year...
