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What is Gallbladder Disease?

The diagnosis of gallbladder disease can usually be confirmed through the use of the ultrasound, a save and painless technique that use high frequency sound waves to project an image of the gallbladder and gallstones on a special screen.

Treatment of gallbladder disease

Frequently, the gallbladder contains stones or develops an infection than can interfere with its role in the digestive process. Anyone can develop gallbladder disease, but it is more common in people who are overweight, and between the ages of 35 and 55. Symptoms of Gladder Disease includes bouts of indigestion, especially after eating fatty or greasy food, attacks of sharp pains in the upper right part of the abdomen and yellowing of the skin (jaundice).

The only curative treatment for gallbladder disease is surgical removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). Generally, when stones are present and causing symptoms, or when the gallbladder is infected and inflamed, removal of the organ is usually necessary.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gall bladder removal) is a surgical procedure where the surgeon uses video technology and specialized tools to remove the gallbladder with small incisions. The surgeon makes four small holes of less than half an inch each. A camera devise and laparoscopic instruments are then inserted into the holes so as to allow the surgeon to see the inside of the abdominal cavity and dissect the gallbladder.

Once the gallbladder has been cut free, it is removed it through the incision at the navel. After the operation, patients are often back on their feet and on their way home the very next day.