| Your gall bladder is an important part of your body. | | | | However, as I have said before, the most common |
| Even though it is very small, the gall bladder stores bile | | | | procedure is the laparoscopic method. There are also |
| which are then released into your intestine to help with | | | | some other alternatives tosurgery in gall bladder case, |
| your digestion. This bow tie- shaped organ can have | | | | but this depends on the type of symptoms that you |
| its problems as well. Gallstones are the gall bladder' s | | | | have. |
| problem. To be more effective in treating this problem, | | | | For example, if the gall bladder symptoms that you are |
| in many of the cases the gall bladder must be | | | | experiencing are very mild, or you can not have |
| removed. Laparoscopic surgery is the operation used | | | | surgery because of other medical conditions, here is |
| to remove your gall bladder. | | | | what you can do: |
| Because gallstones form in your gall bladder, they can | | | | - take drugs which can help dissolve the gallstones |
| block the flow of bile. The blockage of the gall bladder | | | | that you have in your gall bladder; this alternative, |
| by these small stones has as symptoms: fever, | | | | unfortunately is not suited for all the gall bladder |
| jaundice and pain. Jaundice means that your skin turns | | | | patients and the treatment can last even longer than |
| yellowish. Because your body can function very well | | | | two years; |
| without a gall bladder, treatment in gallstones cases is | | | | - ultrasound procedures can also be used to break up |
| surgery. However, surgery is only used for gallstones | | | | gallstones; this is mostly used in the gall bladder cases |
| that cause symptoms and prevent the flow of bile | | | | where the patient only has a small number of |
| from your gall bladder. The gall bladder surgery is very | | | | gallstones; |
| simple and painless. Keyhole surgery is more often | | | | - gallstones can also be removed without any gall |
| used in gall bladder cases, but there is also a relatively | | | | bladder surgery; doctors just need to enlarge your bile |
| small number of patients that need an open surgery | | | | duct and with the help of some special tools, remove |
| fro their gall bladder problem. A cut about 20 | | | | the gallstones that are causing the problems; |
| centimeters long is made in your abdomen, if you are | | | | So, as you see, there are many options to treating |
| having an open gall bladder removal. Your doctor, after | | | | your gall bladder problems, besides surgery. However, |
| examination of your gall bladder case, will tell you | | | | in almost ninety percent of the gall bladder problems, |
| which of the two procedures suites you best. | | | | surgery is used because it gives the best results. |