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January 26[edit]

gallbladder removal[edit]

[1]"His gallbladder had been removed, an unnecessary operation that caused permanent complications."

What kind of complications result from this? Postcholecystectomy syndrome? I had thought this operation was pretty routine. I know some people who had it (years ago) and did fine. Thanks. 2601:648:8202:96B0:0:0:0:4FFF (talk) 02:01, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As well as postcholecystectomy syndrome "Complications of cholecystectomy include bile duct injury, wound infection, bleeding, retained gallstones, abscess formation and stenosis (narrowing) of the bile duct" This is covered in more detail in our article on cholecystectomy.--Shantavira|^{feed me} 09:31, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]