cholecystectomy
Sign in to saveCholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Cholecystectomy is a common treatment of symptomatic gallstones and other gallbladder conditions. In 2011, cholecystectomy was the eighth most common operating room procedure performed in hospitals in the United States. Cholecystectomy can be performed either laparoscopically or through a laparotomy.
Key facts
- Medical intervention.Name
- Cholecystectomy
- Medical intervention.image
- US Navy 081117-N-7526R-568 Cmdr. Thomas Nelson and Lt. Robert Roadfuss discuss proper procedures while performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy surgery.jpg
- Medical intervention.specialty
- General surgery
- Medical intervention.Caption
- A US Navy general surgeon and an operating room nurse performing a laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Medical intervention.MeshID
- D002763
- Medical intervention.CPT
- 47562
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Research
47,489 papers- The Difficult Cholecystectomy.JAMA surgery · 2026
- When Critical View of Safety Fails: A Practical Perspective on Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023
- Indications of cholecystectomy in gallstone disease.Current opinion in gastroenterology · 2018
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.The American surgeon · 1991
- Forecasting outcomes after cholecystectomy in octogenarian patients.Surgical endoscopy · 2022
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- Medical use
- Biliary colic
- Acute cholecystitis
- Cholangitis and gallstone pancreatitis
- Gallbladder cancer
- Liver transplantation
- Contraindications
- Risks
- Biliary injury
- Other complications
- Conversion to open cholecystectomy
- Procedure
- Pre-operative preparation
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Single incision
- Natural orifice transluminal
- Open cholecystectomy
- Biopsy
- Post-operative management
- Subtotal Cholecystectomy
- Long-term prognosis
- Considerations
- Pregnancy
- Porcelain gallbladder
- Alternatives to surgery
- Conservative management
- ERCP
- Cholecystostomy
- Frequency of use
- History
- Laparoscopic technique
- See also
- References
- Further reading
Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Cholecystectomy is a common treatment of symptomatic gallstones and other gallbladder conditions. In 2011, cholecystectomy was the eighth most common operating room procedure performed in hospitals in the United States. Cholecystectomy can be performed either laparoscopically or through a laparotomy.
The surgery is usually successful in relieving symptoms, but up to 10 percent of people may continue to experience similar symptoms after cholecystectomy, a condition called postcholecystectomy syndrome. Complications of cholecystectomy include bile duct injury, wound infection, bleeding, vasculobiliary injury, retained gallstones, liver abscess formation and stenosis (narrowing) of the bile duct.
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