Gall Bladder Surgery
General Surgery
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Prof. Dr. Gokhan CIPE
What is Gallbladder Surgery?
The gallbladder is a pear-shaped sac located on the upper right of the abdomen. The task of the sac is to store and concentrate the bile produced by the liver and to secrete bile into the duodenum at required intervals.
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When is it necessary to remove the gallbladder?
Gallstones that block the flow of bile and cause pain may require the removal of bile (cholecystectomy). Cholecystectomy is a very common and very low risk of complications. Often patients with cholecystectomy can go home the same day. Apart from the stones in the gallbladder, stones in the bile duct, gallbladder inflammation and pancreatic inflammation may also require cholecystectomy. Gallbladder inflammation is a kind of inflammation caused by gallbladder stones. The language of medicine is called cholecystitis.
The most common cause of gallbladder stones is abdominal pain. The pain is felt on the upper right side of the abdomen and spreads towards the back. The pain may be temporary or severe and persistent in inflammatory conditions. Surgery is performed for the treatment of gallbladder stones that have caused complaints or complications.
Treatment Methods
Robotic Surgery (Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery):
Robotic gallbladder surgery, ie robotic cholecystectomy, is performed through several small incisions in the abdomen of the patient. The small size of the incisions is a factor that accelerates the patient’s return to daily activities after surgery. In robotic surgeries, the surgeon performs the operation from the surgeon’s console, which is a few steps away from the patient, while another surgeon at the patient’s side assists the surgeon in the console during the operation. The special camera and instruments of the robot are used in the operations performed with the participation of two surgeons. Under the guidance of the 3D image of the patient’s interior, all movements of the surgeon on the console are instantly transferred to the instruments within the patient.
Open Surgery
Open cholecystectomy is performed through a large incision in the patient. The size of the incision is an effective factor in postoperative recovery time. The greatest advantage of open surgery to the surgeon is that the surgeon performs the operation by feeling the tissues. The surgeon performs the operation using open surgical instruments through a large incision.
Laparoscopic Surgery (Minimally Invasive Surgery):
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgical method using a small video camera and special surgical instruments. The surgeon makes several small incisions in the patient’s abdomen. One of these incisions is for a tiny camera that provides a 2-dimensional image of the patient’s interior during the operation called laparoscope, and the other for laparoscopic instruments used by the surgeon. These instruments, which are thin, long and flat, are sent to the area where the surgery takes place from these incisions, and the surgeon performs the surgery with the image guidance transferred to the operating room with a monitor.
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