Gallbladder Surgeries

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

• Performed for patients with gallstones that are causing pain.
• Occasionally, cholecystectomy is required for polyps of a certain size/shape.
• Rarely cholecystectomy is offered for patients with biliary pain, even in the absence of gallstones.

Choloangiogram

• Choloangiogram is a special x-ray procedure that is done with contrast media to visualize the bile ducts after the a cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder). The bile ducts drain bile from the liver into the duodenum (first part of the small bowel).