Gallbladder

At Piedmont, we are dedicated to the health of you and your family. The experienced doctors on staff at Piedmont provide compassionate, quality care in an advanced healing environment. With over 40 years of combined experience, our board certified physician staff is highly trained in all types of gallbladder removals.

Your doctor may recommend gallbladder removal if you have pain or other symptoms from gallstones or your gallbladder is not working normally (biliary dyskinesia).

You may have some or all of these symptoms:

• Indigestion
• Pain after eating, usually in the upper right or upper middle area of your belly (epigastric pain)
• Nausea and vomiting
• Cancer

Most people have fewer problems and a shorter hospital stay when the gallbladder removal is performed using a laparoscope compared to people who have open surgery. You will also have smaller surgical cuts.