About Dr Amit Garg
Dr Amit Garg is a renowned minimal access, bariatric and metabolic surgeon. He is considered as best laparoscopic surgeon of North India who has done more than 5000 laparoscopic surgeries. He is the First surgeon of Chandigarh, Tricity who performed Single incision bariatric surgery in 2014. He is the best gastro surgeon in Mohali.
What Is The Function Of Gall Bladder?
Gall bladder is a small greenish balloon shaped reservoir located and adhered on the lower side of liver. Bile is a juice produced from the liver and is stored in the gall bladder. When a person eats food, the gall bladder contracts and all the bile is released in to the Common bile duct to reach duodenum.
What Are Gallstones?
Gallstones also known as biliary calculi are small stones made of calcium oxalate, cholesterol, bile pigment and mixed stones. Formation of gall bladder stones is very common in India especially in North India because of consumption high fat diet. Gallstones are more common in females than males.Gallstones usually don’t cause any problem and are asymptomatic in most of the patients. In a case you have multiple small stones, then stone may get stuck in the cystic duct causing obstruction to flow of bile to common bile duct. Some times gallstones cause acute inflammation of the gall bladder and it’s called Acutecholecystitis.
Symptoms Of Gall Bladder Stones
Gallstones are asymptomatic in 80% of patients.
In 20% it may cause symptoms, which may include:
Pain in the abdomen, which may worsen after a fatty meal, nausea, vomiting, fever, Jaundice, indigestion, acidity or Gastritis
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In asymptomatic patients, you don’t need any treatment.
In symptomatic patients it may cause various symtoms and complications –
90% of patients with gall bladder stone disease will need surgery. In surgery unlike renal calculi stones are not removed rather entire gall bladder is taken out. Laparoscopic removal of the gall bladder is the standard technique. However few patients may require open cholecystectomy if gall bladder is acutely inflamed and lots of adhesions are present.
Recovery after laparoscopic surgery is very good. Fe w patients might feel mild pain or heaviness in shoulder because of Pneumoperitoneum
Patient are allowed to walk after 2 hours, started orally after 6 hours and are discharged next day morning.
Possible complications include:
Gall bladder surgery in Mohali is done by most of the hospitals. However before deciding on the hospital it should be done from the best and advanced laparoscopic surgeon.
Gall bladder removal or Lap cholecystectomy is a very common procedure and is done by all general surgeons. If you get your gall bladder surgery from a highly experienced surgeon then chances of complications are less and if you get it done from advanced laparoscopic surgeon then chances of conversion from lap to open are minimal even if your case is complicated. Dr Amit Garg is the best laparoscopic surgeon in Mohali who is working at Fortis hospital Mohali since 2014
Gall bladder is removed normally through standard 4 ports. However, Gall bladder surgery can be done through single Port i.e., through the navel / belly button. It requires a very high level of expertise to do scarless laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Dr Amit Garg is one of the few surgeon of north India who has vast experience of performing single incision or scarless gall bladder surgery. Scarless word is misnomer as scar is there but is present in umbilicus and not visible on abdomen.
The cost of gall bladder removal surgery varies from hospital to hospital. On an average the cost varies from 30K to 100k depending upon the hospital, room category and surgeon experience.
Gall bladder surgery is covered under mediclaim by all insurance providers, CGHS, ECHS and Ayushmanbharat scheme.
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