Gallstones
  Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery.
   
  “Each year, in the United States, approximately 500,000 people develop symptoms or complications of gallstones requiring cholecystectomy. Gallstone disease is responsible for about 10,000 deaths per year in the United States. About 7000 deaths are attributable to acute gallstone complications, such as acute pancreatitis”
   
   
Gallstones
(Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery)
Introduction
Gallbladder Diseases
Gallstones (cholelithiasis)
Acute/chronic cholecystitis
Diagnosis & Treatment
Laparoscopic vs Open Surgery
Surgical Technique
 
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Gallbladder Diseases

• Acute/Chronic Cholecystitis

    Ongoing inflammation with recurrent episodes of biliary colic or pain is referred to as chronic cholecystitis, about 66% of patients with gallstones present these repeated attacks which lead to scarring and alteration of the normal function of the gallbladder.

    Symptoms:
  • Abdominal Pain*
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Bloating
  • Belching
  • Fever (not always present)

    • *The attack of abdominal pain, in these case, usually last for more than 1 hour but subsides by 24 hours; if pain persists longer than 1 day, acute cholecystitis is likely the underlying cause.


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