Why remove gallbladder instead of stones

Laparoscopic gallbladder removal is surgery to remove the gallbladder using a medical device called a laparoscope.

The gallbladder is an organ that sits below the liver.

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It stores bile, which your body uses to digest fats in the small intestine.

Surgery using a laparoscope is the most common way to remove the gallbladder. A laparoscope is a thin, lighted tube that lets your surgeon see inside your belly.

Gallbladder removal surgery is done while you are under general anesthesia so you will be asleep and pain-free.

The operation is done the following way:

• Your surgeon makes 3 to 4 small cuts in your belly.
• The laparoscope is inserted through one of the cuts.
• Other medical instruments are inserted through the other cuts.
• Gas is pumped into your belly to expand the space.

  This gives your surgeon more room to see and work.

The gallbladder is then removed using the laparoscope and other instruments.

An x-ray called a cholangiogram may be done during your surgery.

• To do this test, dye is injected into your common bile duct and an x-ray
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