Cholecystectomy Center - Stamford, CT
Stamford Surgeon Doctors for CholecystectomyType of Physician: Surgeon What is a Surgeon? A certification by the Board of Surgery; practitioners manage a wide range of surgical conditions affecting almost any area of the body. The surgeon provides the diagnosis and the care to patients before, during and after surgery. The surgeon is usually responsible for the comprehensive management of trauma victims and the critically ill. The surgeon has special knowledge and skills in birth defects, tumors, infections and metabolic problems relating to the head and neck, breast, abdomen, extremities including the hand, and the gastrointestinal, vascular and endocrine systems. A general surgeon is expected to be familiar with the most relevant features of other surgical specialties in order to recognize problems in those areas and to know when to refer a patient to another specialist. Specialty: Surgery Common Name: Surgeon Doctors in Stamford * Robert M Lincer MD FACS  Kevin D Miller MD  Kevin D Miller MD  Kevin D Miller MD  Kevin D Miller MD  Eric Wasserman MD  The Center for Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery  Philip R Corvo MD LLC  Stamford Hospital Breast Surgery  James A Sarnelle MD  North Stamford Podiatry Associates  Christina A Delpin MD  Breast Care Services of Greenwich LLC  Surgical Specialist of Greenwich  Surgical Specialist of Greenwich  Surgical Specialist of Greenwich  Breast Care Services of Greenwich LLC  Julia B Sabetta MD  Jeanne S Capasse MD FACS  Kathleen A LaVorgna MD FACS  Fairfield County Foot Surgeons  Fairfield County Bariatric & Surgical Specialists  Fairfield County Bariatric & Surgical Specialists  Fairfield County Bariatric & Surgical Specialists  Fairfield County Bariatric & Surgical Specialists  Fairfield County Bariatric & Surgical Specialists  Michael A Werner MD  Surgical Associates PC  Surgical Associates PC  Advanced Specialty Care PC  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Richard A Levin & Lawrence J Fliegelman MDs  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Surgi Clinic  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Pierre Saldinger MD  Danbury Surgical Associates PC  Richard Margules MD  Danbury Surgical Associates PC  Vincent A Manjoney Jr. MD  Felix Mpuku MD  Surgical Associates  Surgical Associates  The Hand Center of Western Connecticut  The Hand Center of Western Connecticut  Corporate Health Care  Advanced Specialty Care PC  Daniel Passeri MD & Kelly Bishop-Bartolomei MD  Daniel Passeri MD & Kelly Bishop-Bartolomei MD  Advanced Surgical Associates  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Mill Hill Medical Consultants  Sean Duerr MD & Dennis Wasson MD  Sean Duerr MD & Dennis Wasson MD  Eye Physicians & Surgeons PC  Southern New England ENT & Facial Plastic Surgery Group LLP  General & Laparoscopic Surgical Associates  General & Laparoscopic Surgical Associates  General & Laparoscopic Surgical Associates  Peter D Zdankiewicz, MD  Jeffrey R Sanderson MD  Ramon A Mabasa MD  Peter H Wilson MD  Bruce M & Marilyn M Vinokur DPM  Bruce M & Marilyn M Vinokur DPM  VA Hospital West Haven Surgical Oncology  Connecticut Podiatry Group PC  Nkemakonam Ikekpeazu MD  Connecticut Podiatry Group PC  Connecticut Podiatry Group PC  Connecticut Podiatry Group PC  New Haven Surgical Associates PC  New Haven Surgical Associates PC  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Vazrick Mansourian MD  General Surgery Associates  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Elmer L Valin MD  Orchard Surgical Specialists  Yale Transplant Surgery Department  Yale Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care  Yale Transplant Surgery Department  Yale New Haven Breast Center  Yale University Vascular Surgery Department  Yale University Vascular Surgery Department  Yale Cardiothoracic Surgery  Yale Pediatric Surgery Group Stamford, ConnecticutUpcoming Local Events2012-06-02
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Laparoscopic CholecystectomyRead the Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy article » What is laparoscopic cholecystectomy?The surgery to remove the gallbladder is called a cholecystectomy (chol-e-cys-tec-to-my). The gallbladder is removed through a 5 to 8 inch long incision, or cut, in your abdomen. The cut is made just below your ribs on the right side and goes to just below your waist. This is called open cholecystectomy. A less invasive way to remove the gallbladder is called laparoscopic cholecystectomy. This surgery uses a laparoscope (an instrument used to see the inside of your body) to remove the gallbladder. It is performed through several small incisions rather than through one large incision. What is a laparoscope and how is it used to remove the gallbladder?A laparoscope is a small, thin tube that is put into your body through a tiny cut made just below your navel. Your surgeon can then see your gallbladder on a television screen and do the surgery with tools inserted in three other small cuts made in the right upper part of your abdomen. Your gallbladder is then taken out through one of the incisions. Are there any benefits of laparoscopic cholecystectomy compared with open cholecystectomy?With laparoscopic cholecystectomy, you may return to work sooner, have less pain after surgery, and have a shorter hospital stay and a shorter recovery time. Surgery to remove the gallbladder with a laparoscope does not require that the muscles of your abdomen be cut, as they are in open surgery. The incision is much smaller, which makes recovery go quicker. With laparoscopic cholecystectomy, you probably will only have to stay in the hospital overnight. With open cholecystectomy, you would have to stay in the hospital for about five days. Because the incisions are smaller with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there isn't as much pain after this operation as after open cholecystectomy. ... Recommended Reading Related to Laparoscopic CholecystectomyWhat is jaundice?Jaundice is not a disease, but rather a sign that can occur in many different diseases. Jaundice is the yellowish staining of the skin and sclerae (the whites of the eyes) that is caused by high levels in blood of a chemical bilirubin. The color of the skin and the whites of the eyes vary depending on the level of bilirubin. When the bilirubin level is mildly elevated, they are yellowish. When the bilirubin level is high, they tend to be brown.
What causes jaundice?Bilirubin comes from red blood cells. When red blood cells get old, they are destroyed by the body. Hemoglobin, the iron-containing chemical in the red blood cells that carries oxygen, is released from the destroyed red blood cells after the iron it contains is removed. The chemical that remains in the blood after the iron is removed becomes bilirubin. The liver has many functions. One of its functions is to produce and secrete bil... Other Related Cholecystectomy ArticlesEmergency Contact for Stamford
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