Private Gallbladder Removal

LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY


Gallbladder removal, also known as a cholecystectomy, is an operation to remove your gallbladder to treat gallstones

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What are gallstones?

Gallstones are small stones that form in your gallbladder. Your gallbladder stores bile to help you digest fats in food.

To treat gallstones, your gallbladder can be removed using keyhole surgery. You can live without a gallbladder and your liver will still make bile.

Need to know

Gallbladder removal is usually done as keyhole surgery but sometimes open surgery is needed. You'll be given a general anaesthetic. Your surgeon will make three or four small cuts in your abdomen. They'll insert a long thin telescope with a light and video camera at the end (laparoscope).

Your consultant will then insert special instruments through the other cuts and remove your gallbladder. To finish, your consultant will then close your cuts with dissolvable stitches. The procedure usually takes between one and two hours. Alternatively, the operation can also be done through a single cut (single incision laparoscopic surgery).
Like all procedures, there may be some risks and side effects involved. Your consultant will explain these to you. Your surgeon will explain how to prepare and what will happen when you have surgery. They'll ask you not to eat or drink anything for a set time before your procedure. Make sure you let them know about any medicines you're currently taking. You should arrange to have someone take you home after the procedure.
Most people are able to leave hospital within two hours of a gallbladder removal operation. You shouldn't need to stay overnight. You might have some swelling and bruising in the area for a couple of weeks but this will improve.

Our Private Gallbladder Removal consultants

Mr Haney Youssef

Mr Haney Youssef

General Surgery

Professor Giuseppe Kito Fusai

Professor Giuseppe Kito Fusai

General Surgery

Mr Vincent Yip

Mr Vincent Yip

General Surgery

Mr Daren Francis

Mr Daren Francis

General Surgery

Our Private Gallbladder Removal locations

41 Welbeck Street

41 Welbeck Street

41 Welbeck Street W1G 8EA London
The Princess Grace Hospital

The Princess Grace Hospital

42-52 Nottingham Place W1U 5NY London
The Lister Hospital

The Lister Hospital

Chelsea Bridge Road, SW1W 8RH London
The Shard Outpatients

The Shard Outpatients

The Shard, 32 St Thomas Street SE1 9BS London
London Bridge Hospital

London Bridge Hospital

27 Tooley Street SE1 2PR London
The Wellington Hospital

The Wellington Hospital

8A Wellington Place NW8 9LE London

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