How is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Done?
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgical technique used to remove the gallbladder without making a large incision. You will be given general anesthesia. After you are asleep, the anesthesiologist may insert a tube into your stomach to empty it. Surgery will be done with you lying on your back. Several small incisions are made into the abdomen. Carbon dioxide gas is pumped into the abdominal cavity to allow room to work and to allow the surgeons to see. This gas is harmless and will be eliminated by your body’s circulation. The laparoscope is inserted through one of the small incisions in the abdomen. Instruments are inserted through the other abdominal incisions. The bile duct and artery at the base of the gallbladder are identified and closed off using small metal clips. Dye may be injected into the bile ducts and an X-ray taken (cholangiogram) during surgery, to see if there are any other stones within the ducts. The gallbladder is then progressively freed from the underside of the
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