1890 Silver Cross Boulevard, Suites 410 and 520, New Lenox, Illinois 60451, in Silver Cross Hospital.
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The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ that lies in the upper right portion of the abdomen on the underside of the liver. It is connected by ducts (or tubes) to the liver, and with the upper portion of the small intestine (duodenum). The gallbladder forces bile (produced by the liver and essential for digesting fats) out ducts leading into the intestine whenever food (particularly greasy food) is eaten. Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder due to disease or chronic gallstones. When the gallbladder is removed, this function is taken over by the liver and its ducts.
Symptoms of gallbladder problems include:
Progressive Surgical Associates makes available four types of gallbladder surgery to patients:
Unless absolutely contraindicated, Dr. Gamagami performs all gallbladder surgeries laparoscopically. His conversion rate is less than one percent, i.e., the chances of you having an open operation for your gallbladder are less than one out of one hundred.
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