Re: Cholecystectomy for Gallstones

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Mine was removed laparoscopically - no problems, for me since then (2001). No

gallstones, " just " 3X normal size and " clearly diseased " . The only thing the

surgeon said he did differently, was to leave more of a " stub " on the common

bile duct (to the gallbladder) than he would normally. He just didn't want to

risk getting any closer to the CBD than he had to.

I was told to maintain a low fat diet (~30 gms/day) for several months. I was

pretty much already doing that, so it was no problem.

Arne

56 - UC 1977 - PSC 2000

Alive and well in Minnesota

---- thecolonialcrow thecolonialcrow@...> wrote:

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Hi,

....Those of you have had their gallbladder removed, has it caused you

any problems? Were you able to have it removed by laparoscope or did

you have to have undergo the full open surgery?