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Gall Bladder Removal Surgery Surgery to remove your gall bladder is called cholecystectomy. The gall bladder is an organ on the right side of your upper abdomen. The gall bladder may need to be removed when there are stones in it or in the duct leading from the gall bladder. The stones may cause swelling or infection. There are two ways to do this surgery. Ask your doctor which way your surgery will be done. • Laparoscopic gall bladder removal surgery Three or four small incisions are made in the abdomen. The doctor uses a camera and tools through the incisions to remove the gall bladder. With this type of surgery, you may recover faster, have less pain, less scarring and fewer wound problems. Often you will go home within 24 hours after surgery. • Open gall bladder removal surgery A larger incision is made below the ribs on the right side of the abdomen. The doctor works through this incision to remove the gall bladder. You may stay in the hospital for up to 3 days after surgery. To Prepare • Tell your doctor all the medicines you are taking. Be sure to include any prescription or over the counter medicines, vitamins and herbs. • You may be told not to take any aspirin or ibuprofen a few days before your surgery. • Ask your doctor if you are to take any of your medicines the morning of your surgery. If so, take with small sips of water only. • Do not eat or drink anything, including water, after midnight the night before your surgery. • If you have any allergies to medicines, foods or other things, tell the staff before your surgery. 膽囊摘除手術 摘除膽囊的手術稱為膽囊切除術 (cholecystectomy) 。膽囊是位於腹部右側的一 個器官。如果膽囊內部或膽管內有結石，則 可能需要摘除膽囊。結石可能導致腫脹或感 染。 膽囊切除術有兩種方式。請問醫生何種方式 最佳。 • 腹腔鏡膽囊摘除手術 在腹部開3 或4個很小的切口。醫生使用攝 影頭和工具，透過這些小切口摘除膽囊。 採用這種手術可以加快康復、減少疼痛和 疤痕，並且傷口的問題也較少。通常在手 術後24 小時內即可回家。 • 開腹膽囊摘除手術 在腹部右側肋下開一個較大的切口。醫生透過這個切口摘除膽囊。手術 後，可能需要住院最多達