Gallbladder

Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery If you have gallstones or an infected gallbladder, your doctor may advise you to have surgery. Gallbladder removal is one of the many surgical procedures that can be done laparoscopically. That means recovery is usually much quicker and the hospital stay is shorter than surgeries that require a full incision. Here's a look at how laparoscopic gallbladder removal is done and what to expect as you recover from it. The Surgery Start With Four Small Cuts Gallbladder surgery

Gallstones are described as digestive fluid that has hardened which can be very painful. They form in the gallbladder which is a pear shaped organ that is located on the right side of of the abdomen right underneath the liver. Gallstones can be many sizes which varies how much the pain is. They can be as small as a crumb to a size of a golf ball! Ouch! Also, some people have more than one, while other people may just have one. More than likely, you will have symptoms if you have gallstones and if

“Cancer, a failing gallbladder, crohns disease,” I stare at the wall rummaging through all the problems I could be facing in this moment. The surge of pain in the upper right quadrant of my abdomen strikes me unexpectedly, throwing me into a spiraling episode of assumption and google searches. The only results yielded by these searches were virtually every terminal disease that had this symptom. It was now that I realized this could be a potentially life altering circumstance. All my life I had

Also, we excluded patients with gallbladder perforation or Mirizzi syndrome (preferred to do open cholecystectomy), Patients with gallbladder tumors or cholangitis (typically, to be managed conservatively first), and patients without complete data. According to Tokyo Guidelines (TG13) [9], the severity assessment of ACC graded, grade I

Introduction Gallbladder carcinoma (GBCs) is a highly lethal but relatively rare neoplasm of the digestive tract. Most of GBCs are adenocarcinoma (AC), and squamous carcinoma (SC) or adenosquamous carcinoma (ASC) is a rare histopathologic subtype, which accounts for an estimated 1.4 - 10.6% of all GBCs cases [1]. However, the clinicopathologic characteristic and biological feature in SC and ASC of the gallbladder have not yet been fully clarified, due to their lower disease incidence. The previous

Organ donation is one of the most impactful decisions one can make to directly improve another’s life. In the United States, the donor or his or her family make this decision and leave it in the hands of doctors and trained teams to make sure the organs go to those who are well deserving and need them most. The responsibility of the transplant and faith is put into the current system, which should allow for fair distribution of organs. This, however, is not always the case and a possible change to

Generalized systemic enteric fever, headache, malaise, anorexia, enlarged spleen, and constipation followed by more severe abdominal symptoms; rose spots on trunk in 25% of Caucasian patients; complications include ulceration of Peyer's patches in ileum, can produce hemorrhage or perforation; Common enterocolitis may result without enteric fever; characterized by headache, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration may result; case fatality of 16% reduced to 1% with antibiotic therapy;

The gallbladder is located under the right lobe of the liver. It stores bile that produced by the liver until it releases into the duodenum to expedite absorption of fats, fat-soluble vitamins, minerals which is part of the digestive system. According to Jorden’s symptoms such as mild pain in midepigastric region, radiating to the right upper quadrant of the abdomen and right subscapular are, as his nurse, I could acknowledge the reasons cause all that symptoms are due to cholesterol problem. It’s

Gallbladder Surgery Open gallbladder removal, or open cholecystectomy, is a surgery to remove the gallbladder via it is a large open incision in the abdomen. Doctors perform the procedure to provide permanent relief to a patient that suffers from gallstones and there could be other problems associated with the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small organ that is located on the underside of the liver. Its primary purpose is bile storage. The liver is the one of the organs that makes a bile

The Causes of Gallbladder Attacks Outline I. Introduction: It is estimated that approxiamately 10 to 20 percent of the population in the United States and Western Europe are currently being affected by Gallbladder attacks. Thesis statement: These attacks are mainly caused by the development of gallstones in the gallbladder. II. Definition. A.     Gallbladder B.     Gallstones III. Causes. A.     Obesity B.     Estrogen C.     Ethnicity D.     Age and gender IV. Symptoms. A.     Chronic