What are the consequences of having my gallbladder removed?

There are indeed various side effects after gallbladder removal, but in order to better treat these diseases, surgical methods are still needed. The common consequence is that it will cause alkaline reflux gastritis and cause bile duct damage.

1. After the gallbladder is removed, the patient will suffer from indigestion. The gallbladder stores concentrated bile. After eating, under the regulation of the vagus nerve and cholecystokinin, the gallbladder contracts and discharges bile into the duodenum to participate in digestion. If the gallbladder is removed, the liver bile will have nowhere to store and will be continuously discharged into the intestines. When eating, there is no "excess bile" to help digestion, which affects the digestion and absorption of food, especially the digestion and absorption of fat, which will induce steatorrhea and deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins, or cause the body to suffer from indigestion, abdominal distension and diarrhea. Therefore, patients who undergo cholecystectomy often become thinner and have a yellow complexion.

2. In addition, alkaline reflux gastritis is caused by the contraction of the gallbladder after a person eats, which causes a large amount of bile to enter the intestine. After cholecystectomy, bile continues to enter the intestine without the neutralization of food and gastric acid. The bile can accumulate in the duodenum and flow back into the stomach, increasing the pH value in the stomach and causing bacteria to multiply, resulting in congestion, edema, and increased brittleness of the gastric mucosa, and atrophy of the gastric glands, leading to gastritis or gastric ulcers.

3. In addition, bile duct damage . In the vast majority of cases of bile duct injury, it is caused by cholecystectomy. During the cholecystectomy operation, the complication of bile duct injury is a very difficult problem in biliary surgery, which is the biggest defect of cholecystectomy. At the same time, the physiological defects and immune function effects caused by cholecystectomy are also very serious. The three-mirror combined minimally invasive cholelithotomy used by Shanghai Hongkang Stone Hospital is currently the world's leading cholelithotomy technology.

4. While completely removing the stones , the gallbladder and its function are completely preserved. The entire treatment process is minimally invasive, visible, and has a high safety factor, which reassures patients and their families. Let the patient live a healthy life like a normal person after the operation. The patient can get out of bed and eat one day after the operation, which basically does not interfere with the patient's normal life, work and study. To sum up, we have introduced the consequences of gallbladder removal, and we hope that patients can pay attention to it.