Cholecystectomy Center - Westfield, MA
Westfield 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 Westfield * Robert L Goodman MD  Western New England Renal Associates  Western New England Renal Associates  Western New England Renal Associates  Comprehensive Breast Center  Comprehensive Breast Center  Brigid Glackin MD  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Cardiac Surgical Associates  Leon Stechenberg MD  Pioneer Valley Surgical Associates  Pioneer Valley Surgical Associates  Pioneer Valley Surgical Associates  Baystate Thoracic Surgery  Pioneer Valley Surgical Associates  Baystate Thoracic Surgery  Vincent A Guardione MD  New England Surgical Group LLP  New England Surgical Group LLP  New England Surgical Group LLP  New England Surgical Group LLP  Chanel Bouchereau MD  Mercy Medical Breast Care Center  Mercy Medical Breast Care Center  Valley Surgeons Inc  Holyoke Specialty Surgeons  Valley Surgeons Inc  Holyoke Specialty Surgeons  RiverBend Medical Group Chicopee Office  Baystate Surgical Oncology Associates  Baystate Surgical Oncology Associates  Baystate Surgical Oncology Associates  Christopher H Peteros DPM  Northampton Surgical Associates  Northampton Surgical Associates  Associates in Surgery  Donald W Abel MD  Timothy C O'Brien MD  Timothy C O'Brien MD  Timothy C O'Brien MD  Palmer Medical Center  Palmer Medical Center  David R Reynolds MD  Alan D McClelland MD  Ronald E Egan MD  Berkshire Surgical  Berkshire Surgical  Timothy C Counihan MD  Berkshire Surgical  Surgical Specialists of Western New England PC  Surgical Specialists of Western New England PC  Berkshire Surgical  John R Kearns MD  Montachusett Eye Surgery  Karl Sorenson MD  George Krasowski MD  Auburn Podiatry LLP  Central Massachusetts Foot Specialists  Cardiothoracic Surgery at St Vincents Hospital  Charanjit Rao MD  Mark E Stoker MD  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Trauma & Critical Care Surgery  John Herrmann MD  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  UMass Memorial General & Minimally Invasive Surgery  Central Massachusetts Ob/Gyn  David Dykhuizen MD  Comprehensive Breast Center  Comprehensive Breast Center  Comprehensive Breast Center  Subhash Gulati MD  Mohan Korgaonkar MD  Anthony DiStefano MD  Memorial Medical Group  Benjamin Grajales MD  Robert L Shelton MD & Nathaniel J Merrell MD  Robert L Shelton MD & Nathaniel J Merrell MD  Milford Eye Care  Patrick M McEnaney MD  The Foot Specialist  Surgical Associates Milford  Surgical Associates Milford  Surgical Associates Milford  Professional Medical Associates PC  Professional Medical Associates PC  Metro-West Dermatology  MetroWest Surgical Associates  MetroWest Surgical Associates  Frederick W Hays MD  Susan L Cahill MD Westfield, MassachusettsUpcoming Local Events2012-05-26
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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 Westfield
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