What is Gallbladder Surgery?

Gallbladder surgery, or cholecystectomy, is a surgical procedure to remove your gallbladder. Your physician may recommend this procedure if you experience pain from gallstones that block the flow of bile. If your doctor recommends cholecystectomy, surgical approaches could include:
  • Open surgery through one large incision
  • Traditional Laparoscopy surgery through 3-4 small incisions
During traditional laparoscopic surgery, your abdomen is inflated to provide your physician with adequate space to look inside your body and perform certain operations using instruments within the abdomen.

Gallbladder Surgery with Low Impact Laparoscopy

Different than traditional laparoscopy, with Low Impact Laparoscopy, your physician gently inflates your abdomen using less pressure and operates with much smaller instruments through ultra-small openings.

STANDARD INCISIONS

LOW IMPACT INCISIONS

LOW PRESSURE

  • Gently inflates your abdomen to create the space needed to perform your procedure

ULTRA-SMALL OPENINGS

  • Up to 4x smaller than standard laparoscopy1
  • Reduces appearance of scars associated with conventional laparoscopy incisions

What to Expect During Low Impact Laparoscopy Gallbladder Procedure

During a typical Low Impact procedure, your physician will make a standard incision in or near your belly button and three ultra-small incisions to remove your gallbladder. The procedure usually takes approximately 30-60 minutes. With Low Impact Laparoscopy, your physician may recommend your procedure be scheduled on an outpatient basis.

Talk to Your Doctor About treating your Gallbladder with Low Impact Laparoscopy

Click here to download information you may want to discuss with your doctor about Low Impact Laparoscopy.

FOR PHYSICIANS PRIVACY POLICY

Actual results may vary depending on the patient, the condition being treated, and the surgeon. Talk to your doctor about whether Low Impact Laparoscopy is right for you. All surgery has inherent risks. Not all patients are suitable for Low Impact Laparoscopy surgery. Only your doctor can determine that. Use of narcotics after surgery is not without risk. Location, number and size of incisions will vary from surgeon to surgeon, and may depend on the type of surgical procedure. It is not uncommon for patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery to require some degree of post-surgical pain management, including some patients experiencing Low Impact Laparoscopy. Further, post-surgical bleeding and bruising are common with any surgical procedure, and Low Impact Laparoscopy patients may also experience these side effects.

Notes
  • 1. Data on file SurgiQuest 2015 REF 0408150930_01. Wound area comparison between standard market leading 5mm trocar and ConMed MicroLap trocar