How long can a 70-year-old man live after having his gallbladder removed is usually related to his own physical condition, the cause of the disease, and the effect of treatment, and cannot be generalized.
1. benign diseases: such as gallbladder polyps, gallbladder stones and other benign lesions, resulting in 70-year-olds gallbladder removal, the patient’s own physical condition is good, no serious underlying diseases, good recovery after surgery, usually will not affect the normal life expectancy.
2. Malignant diseases: malignant lesions such as malignant tumors of the gallbladder and other malignant lesions that lead to gallbladder removal in 70 year olds, due to the high degree of malignancy of malignant tumors of the gallbladder, metastasis and recurrence are more prone to occur after surgery. This condition usually also affects the survival time, and the current overall 5-year survival rate of gallbladder cancer is only about 5%.
Therefore, it is impossible to give a definite timeframe for the life expectancy of a 70-year-old man after gallbladder removal, and it is recommended that he should actively cooperate with his doctor for treatment.