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Table of Contents for Gallbladder Surgery

Gallbladder Surgery Procedures: Laparoscopic vs. Traditional

The Gallbladder: An Illustrative Overview

Gallbladder Surgery: Detaching the Gallbladder (Illustrated)

Gallstone Symptoms

Reasons for Having Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery

Diagnosing Gallstones

Preparing for Gallbladder Surgery

Potential Surgical Complications

Gallbladder Surgery Recovery Time

Gallbladder Surgery Recovery: Minor Diarrhea

Gallbladder Surgery Recovery: Nausea and Vomiting

Gallbladder Surgery Recovery – Your Diet

Gallbladder Surgery 101

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Common bile duct: receives the concentrated bile from the cystic duct and sends it to the intestine.

Concentrated bile: the bile that remains after the water is removed.

Cystic duct: the thin tube through which concentrated bile travels on its way to the common duct.

Gallstones: stones that form in the gallbladder or bile. They are sometimes lodged in one of the ducts.

Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery: an outpatient surgical procedure in which 4 incisions are made in the abdominal area. The gallbladder is removed through one of the incisions.

Traditional gallbladder surgery: a surgical procedure in which a 5" - 8" vertical incision is made just beneath your ribs.
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