Surgical treatment of gallbladder stones

  Minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques are preferred for the surgical treatment of gallbladder stones. Gallbladder stones and cholecystitis are common and frequent diseases. For most patients with gallbladder stones, surgical treatment is required. The methods of surgical gallbladder removal include traditional open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Open cholecystectomy is difficult for patients to accept because of the high trauma, obvious pain and long hospital stay.  Since the successful treatment of gallbladder stones by laparoscopic cholecystectomy was first reported abroad in 1988, the technique was carried out and widely promoted and popularized in China in the early 1990s, and is now a very mature and perfect technique, and has become the first method for treating gallbladder stones in major hospitals.  Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive treatment technique, or what people usually call “hole-punching therapy”. It is a surgical procedure in which two to four small 0.5-1 cm holes are made in the patient’s abdominal wall, and the situation in the abdominal cavity is reflected on the monitor through a camera, and then a special laparoscopic instrument is used to perform the surgery and remove the gallbladder to complete the procedure. The surgical results are better because of the magnification effect of the laparoscope. The patient has only two to four small holes in the abdominal wall, no incision, less interference with abdominal organs during surgery, no surgical scars in the abdomen after surgery, less trauma, less pain, and fast recovery after surgery, and can generally get out of bed in 6 to 8 hours after surgery, and can get out of bed in as early as 1.5 hours, and can eat fluid juice on the day of surgery. After appropriate night infusion and anti-inflammatory treatment for two days, the patient can be discharged from the hospital 3 to 4 days after surgery. Its minimally invasive advantages have been recognized by the majority of patients as a development trend in the treatment of gallbladder stones.