Cholecystectomy - open

Talk with your doctor about any of these risks.

The risks for any anesthesia are:

• Reactions to drugs you are given
• Breathing problems
• Pneumonia
• Heart problems
• Blood clots in the legs or in the lungs

The risks for gallbladder surgery are:

• Bleeding
• Infection
• Injury to the common bile duct
• Injury to the small intestine
• Pancreatitis (inflammation in the pancreas)

Images

Cholecystolithiasis

Gallbladder

Cholecystitis, cholangiogram

Cholecystitis, CT scan

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Review Date: 11/15/2008
Reviewed By: A.D.A.M. Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, David R. Eltz. Previously reviewed by Robert J. Fitzgibbons, Jr., MD, FACS, Harry E. Stuckenhoff Professor of Surgery, Chief of General Surgery, and Associate Chairman, Department of Surgery, Creighton University School of Medicine (11/15/2008).

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