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It would be considered a way of stopping cholecystitis.
Cholecystitis is in inflammation of the gallbladder. This is usually caused by gallstones, and can cause an infection in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is where your body stores bile, which is a fluid produced in the liver to aid in digestion.
The diagnosis is made with physical examination, history and ultrasound. There are two surgical options for treating cholecystitis which are laparoscopic cholecystectomy and open cholecystectomy. Laparoscopic surgery is used more often because it is much less invasive then open surgery. It only requires several small surgical incisions into the abdomen and involves the insertion of ports and tubes for the surgery.
The surgical instruments have a camera attached so that the surgeon can see what is being done.
The abdominal cavity is manually expanded with carbon dioxide or air to allow space to work. Open cholecystectomy is the traditional method of removing the gallbladder and consists of a large surgical incision 5 to 7 inches long. The hospital stay is extended to 2 to 3 days and has a much higher risk of infection. Laparoscopic surgery is easier to recover from for many reasons, one being that they dont cut through your abdominal muscles, which make rehabilitation much easier. It has considerably less pain involved and, cosmetically, is far more appealing. The hospital stay is much shorter and usually requires an outpatient stay, or a one day stay in the hospital.
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From: (open cholecystectomy) http://www.allgallbladdersymptoms.com/cholecystectomy/