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Q: Symptoms after gall bladder removal

asked by: keifin on October 28th, 2009

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I am scheduled to have my gallbladder moved in 3 weeks. I have read a lot of horror stories from people who have problems with diarrhea after the procedure. I was wondering if there are people out there who had their GB removed and had no diarrhea problems after surgery. I assume the reason why there are so many posts on diarreah is because the people that do not have this problem are not going to post that their surgery went fine. However I am curious on how many had the surgery and did not have any problems afterwards.

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Dr. Robert Wascher , MD

replied on October 29th, 2009

Most patients who undergo removal of their gallbladders and gallstones have minimal, if any, symptoms following surgery.

For a more comprehensive look at symptoms after gallbladder surgery, please see my article on post-cholecsytectomy syndrome on my website (below).

Sincerely/ Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

http://doctorwascher.com

http://oncoguard.com

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