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Overview
Gall Bladder is a Pear shaped accessory digestive organ tucked under the liver in the Right Upper abdomen. The function of the Gall Bladder is primarily storing of small amount of bile juice and when we eat fatty food the gall bladder squeezes this bile through the common bile duct into the intestine.
When the concentration of cholesterol or fats increase in the bile juice it precipitates as stone in the Gall Bladder. It can occur in all age groups and in both males and females, though more commonly in females. The five F's of Gall Bladder stone diseases are "A Fat, Flatulent, Fair, Female of Forty is more likely to have gall stones".
Sign & Symptoms
The common symptoms of Gall Bladder stone disease or cholelithiasis are:
- Gaseous distension or bloating
- Flatulent Dyspepsia
- Acute upper abdominal pain along with vomiting and fever. This occurs when a gall stone gets impacted at the neck of the gall bladder
Jaundice
This occurs when a gall stone drops down from the gall bladder into the common bile duct resulting in obstruction to the flow of bile and hence causing jaundice.
Pancreatitis
This occurs when the slipped gall stone in the common bile duct irritates the duct of the pancreas gland leading to inflammation of the gland. This is an emergency situation and patient requires admission into the intensive care unit most times.
Diagnosis
Laboratory Tests
- Complete Blood Count
- Liver Function Test
- Blood Sugar
- Urine Routine & Microscopy
- Lipid profile
Ultrasound
Treatment
Advantages Of Mini Laparoscopic Cholesystectomy
Mini Laparoscopic Cholesystectomy
Open Surgery
- Short Hospital Stay 24 hrs.
- Minimum to negligible
- No Long Scar
- No Risk of HERNIA.
- Less Infection Rate
- Quick Recovery
- Safer Procedure
- Long Hospital Stay
- Blood Transfusion May Be Required
- Long Scar
- High Risk of HERNIA
- High Risk of Infection
- Slow Recovery
- High Risk for Patients with Diabetes, Hyper
Tension, Heart Diseases etc.
