This conversation often happens during outpatient visits: Doctor: You have gallbladder stones combined with severe inflammation of the gallbladder, it is recommended to perform cholecystectomy. Patient: How can I have my gallbladder removed? Okay! Today let’s understand what is “liver and gallbladder”? The bile secreted by the liver converges through these dendritic bile ducts and finally reaches the gallbladder where it is stored; when we eat to the stomach to the duodenum, the bile flows out from the gallbladder to the intestine as digestive juices to digest our food. So it’s obvious, where is our bile? It is secreted by the liver, and the gallbladder is only a storage depot for bile. So, is there really no problem at all after gallbladder removal? Of course not, but most patients have their bile ducts dilated so that they can store more bile and replace the function of the gallbladder, and only a small percentage of patients may experience mild diarrhea and decreased digestive function.