Cholecystectomy

Question 1

def

Answer 1

removal of gall bladder

Question 2

indications

Answer 2

symptomatic gallstones
can be carried out within 72hrs of onset of acute cholecystitis
for open cholecystectomy
-suspected gallbladder cancer
for conversion to open cholecystectomy from laparoscopic
-inability to identify anatomy (adhesions, intraoperative complications)

Question 3

complications

Answer 3

early
-infection
-bleeding
-bile leak
-bile duct injury
late
-post-cholecystectomy syndrome (persistent indigestion symptoms)
-biliary stricture
-hernias