The most commonly performed surgery of the galbladder is the resection of the galbladder.
Cholecystectomy is the medical term for taking out the galbladder surgically.
The primary reason for a cholecystectomy is because of symptomatic gallstones (these can be cholesterol or bile stones).
A cholecystectomy can be done laparoscopically (minimal invasive, keyhole surgery) and considered low risk and routine. The galbladder is resected by detaching it from the bile system with clips and then releasing it from the liver and taking it out of the abdomen.The CSG hast a vast experience with this procedure and performs over a 100 elective cholecystectomies each year.
Indication: Cholesterol stones or bilestones or infection of the galbladder
Classification Surgery: Minor-Medium
Minimal invasive laparoscopic procedure: Yes
Expected hospital stay: Daycare or shortstay (2 days) hospitalisation
Possible complications: Bile leakage (very low chance), common bile duct lesion (very low chance)
The galbladder is situated underneath the liver.
It acts as a reservoir for the bile produced in the liver.
The bile is needed to digest food.
Once the gallbladder is damaged by stones or infection it can cause pain and problems which may lead to an indication for removal.
The galbladder can be removed without consequence for the bile flow beacuse it has no production of its own.
These are patient anonimised video’s of actual operations performed by a CaSES member. They are used for illustration and educational purposes with patient consent.
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The CaSES is linked and affiliated to different quality-control societies and organizations. Through their specialties the CaSES surgeons are also members, board members and founding members of different surgical specialty field organizations such as the the Caribbean College of Surgeons (CCOS), the Caribbean Obesity Forum (COF) and the Caribbean Society for Hepatobiliary Surgery (CSHS).
