A very small proportion of patients report increase in bowel movements. In the majority of instances the increase is not severe and settles in a few months. All operations have some potential complications. Gallbladder surgery is the commonest operation done by most general surgeons. Most complications occur in patients needing emergency gallbladder surgery.
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a new way of surgically removing the gallbladder.
Instead of cutting the patient open, a small pipe is introduced into the abdomen. Through this pipe goes a thin video camera, which projects an image of the insides onto a large TV screen. Guided by what he sees on the screen, the surgeon can introduce other thin instruments and perform the necessary operation. There is much less pain. Hospital time is reduced.