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Bowen Hospital - General Surgery
Private Surgical Service, General Surgery
Cholecystectomy
Laparoscopic: several small incisions (cuts) are made in the abdomen (stomach) and a narrow tube with a tiny camera attached (laparoscope) is inserted. This allows the surgeon a view of the gallbladder and, by inserting small surgical instruments through the other cuts, the gallbladder can be removed.
Open: an abdominal incision is made and the gallbladder removed.