Cholecystectomy (open)
Removal of the gall bladder via an incision below your right ribs
- Speciality General Surgery
- Urgency elective, urgent
- Duration 45 min to 1.5 h
- Blood Loss minimal to 500 ml
- Anaesthesia General Anaesthetic +/- Local Anaesthetic
- Anaesthesia II General +/- Nerve Block
- Nerve Blocks Rectal Sheath, Subcostal, TAP-Block, Intrapleural
- Procedures Nasogastric tube
- Pain moderate-severe (++++)
- Post-op Pain Local up to 4-8 hours, Nerve Block up to 10-30 hours
- Post-op Pain II Tablets, Suppositories, Injection (im, iv), +/- PCA
- Hospital Stay 2 to 6 days
- Full Recovery 4 to 6 weeks
- Additional Info often post-op sickness & shoulder pain
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