In this video, I opened the gallbladder to show what is inside the gall bladder.
Gall bladder stone disease is a major health problem world wide.
Statistics says around 35 percent of female and 20 percent of male ,by the age of 75 years, do suffer from this gall bladder stone disease.
In USA , 6.3 million male and 14.2 million female in between the age group of 20-74 years , suffer from this disease.
Gall bladder stone disease is the most common disease from gastrointestinal system.
Symptomatic gallstone disease needs proper treatment.
With the evolution of treatment, laparoscopic cholecystectomy (Laparoscopic removal of gall bladder) is the gold standard for treatment of gall bladder disease unless any contraindication for surgery.
Through tiny holes in the abdominal wall, the surgery is performed and the whole gall bladder along with the stones inside, is removed.
Function of gall bladder - it stores and concentrates Bile juice, which is formed and secreted from liver.When we eat , the stimulus from duodenum,helps contraction of gall bladder and release of bile juice into duodenum.This bile juice get mixed with food and helps in digestion.
But when gall bladder is diseased , it looses it's function.So the whole gall bladder along with the stones are removed.
If only the gallbladder stone is removed ,while keeping the gall bladder intact in body,there is always recurrence of stone formation inside gall bladder.
So , it is always advised to remove gall bladder along with the gall bladder stones.
In this video you see a single large stone inside the gall bladder.
Many cases multiple gall bladder stones of different size, shape , color and composition can be found inside the gall bladder.
Usually diseased gall bladder contains infected bile (E. coli is the most common organism found).Gall bladder stones are also a good infection source, as it is a nidus for organisms.So gallstones not to be handled with bare hands.
