{"id":1475,"date":"2016-03-07T17:47:06","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chirurgie-mallorca.com\/?page_id=1475"},"modified":"2026-03-20T11:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T10:05:09","slug":"gallbladder-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.chirurgie-mallorca.com\/en\/general-surgery-dr-heiko-hoerstmann\/gallbladder-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallbladder Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pb_line_A7779927251827BBB2BC777377CC0A08\"  class=\"pb-line pb-clear-fix\" style=\"background-repeat:no-repeat;\"><ul class=\"pb-layout pb-layout-100 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-main\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"> <div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div><h1 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Gallbladder Diseases <\/span><\/h1><div class=\"pb-gallery pb-clear-fix\" id=\"pb_gallery_B44ECB549FD5EAB69155AE454AF7ED7E\"><ul class=\"pb-layout-100 pb-reset-list pb-clear-fix pb-layout-full-width\"><li class=\"pb-layout-column-left\"><div class=\"pb-image-box pb-image-preloader pb-image-preloader-animation-enable pb-image-type-image\"><div class=\"pb-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chirurgie-mallorca.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/banner_Gallbladder.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(document).ready(function($){$('#pb_gallery_B44ECB549FD5EAB69155AE454AF7ED7E').PBGallery({\"hover_type\":\"fade\",\"hover_enable\":\"0\",\"preloader_enable\":\"1\",\"layout_full_width_enable\":\"1\"});});<\/script><\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-text\"><p><strong>Bile<\/strong> is a saline solution, which is produced in the liver and then discharged through the bile ducts into the duodenum. There it gets mixed together with the gastrointestinal contents. The main task of the bile is to <strong>prepare and &#8220;refine&#8221; the fats<\/strong> so they can be absorbed through the intestinal lining. The fats are divided into small droplets and surrounded by bile salts, so that they get into a water soluble form and the actual digestion can begin.<\/p>\n<p>The bile is continuously produced by the liver and stored and concentrated in the <strong>gallbladder<\/strong>. The gall bladder is thus only one <strong>storage organ<\/strong>. <strong>When the ability of bile salts to stay in solution is exceeded<\/strong>, there may be a precipitation of bile salts. This means <strong>they forming crystals<\/strong>, favoring the formation of actual <strong>gallstones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Biliary Colic, Complications caused by gall stones<\/span><\/h3><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"margin-top:-30px;\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>When a person eats a fatty meal, the gallbladder empties itself by contraction. Now it can come to the trapping of smaller gallstones in the outlet of the gall- bladder, which can cause extremely <strong>painful biliary colic (= Gall Bladder spasms)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the smaller <strong>gallstones<\/strong> can leave through the cystic duct and then block the other biliary tract (= common bile duct) where it enters the duodenum. This can cause a number of <strong>serious complications, for example the accumulation of digestive juices from the pancreas, followed by inflammation of the pancreas (pancreatitis) and possibly self-digestion of the gland and life-threatening inflammation in the abdomen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often gallstones are found by chance during routine examinations and do not require treatment if they do not cause any discomfort. But<strong> if there is biliary colic, inflammation of the gallbladder or if there are complications of gallstone disease, the removal of the gallbladder is strongly recommended.<\/strong> A sole removal of the actual gallstones would have no lasting effect, because new stones would be formed and can cause the same problem again.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"height:30px;\"><\/div><h3 class=\"pb-header\"><span class=\"pb-header-content\">Operative removal of Gallbladder <\/span><\/h3><div class=\"pb-space-line\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-space pb-clear-fix\" style=\"margin-top:-30px;\"><\/div><div class=\"pb-text\"><p>This type of surgery is almost always performed laparoscopically.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After the operation, there are no special diets necessary because the same amount of bile is produced in the liver and biliary colics after the intake of fatty foods can not happen because the gallbladder does no longer exist. However i<strong>n the first three to four weeks after surgery, is advisable &#8211; as for all abdominal operations &#8211; to avoid physical exertion to prevent any incisional hernias.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The removed gallbladder \u2013 as all surgically excised tissue \u2013 is sent for histological appraisal to he Patholigist to exclude malignant changes which are fortunately very rare.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"pb-script-tag\"><script 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