Why is laparoscopic treatment of gallbladder stones mainstream?

  If a patient decides to have surgery to treat gallbladder stones, 99% of patients at Peking University Third Hospital will choose minimally invasive treatment, namely laparoscopic surgery. With the maturity of technology, both simple and complex gallbladder stones can now be treated laparoscopically, including gallbladder stones combined with pancreatitis and cholangitis, or complex gallbladder stones combined with internal fistula. Generally speaking, laparoscopic technology in large hospitals is guaranteed, especially in hospitals with better biliary surgery and more experience.  Open treatment of gallbladder stones was the previous surgical method, but now it has been mostly replaced by laparoscopic surgery. The previous open surgery was traumatic, slow to heal, and prone to complications that could increase the patient’s pain.  The following is a brief description of the specific process of laparoscopic surgery: gas (carbon dioxide) is injected into the abdominal cavity to “open” the abdominal cavity and create a space to operate; afterwards, 3 to 4 “small holes” are made in the patient’s abdomen (tiny incisions of 0.5 cm to Afterwards, three to four “small holes” (tiny incisions of 0.5 cm to 1 cm) are made in the patient’s abdomen, and the laparoscope is inserted into the patient’s abdomen to confirm the general course of the bile ducts through the camera at the top of the laparoscope to avoid damage. The operation is simple, fast and safe.  The whole operation lasts for a short time, about 30 minutes to an hour, causing less damage to the patient, and the patient will recover quickly after the operation, usually the patient can get out of bed in 6 to 8 hours after the operation, and can be discharged from the hospital in 1 to 2 days, and will basically recover in about a week. Because the sutures used in the surgery are absorbable threads, this also eliminates the need to remove the sutures after surgery. Some patients are concerned that the cold surgical equipment inserted into the abdominal cavity during surgery may have some effect on the abdominal organs. This concern is not necessary, as the surgical skills of experienced surgeons are well assured and the impact of laparoscopic surgery on other organs is almost negligible, as is the case with traditional open surgery.