Indicaciones

La cirugía de la vesícula biliar se lleva a cabo para tratar la enfermedad de la vesícula biliar, causada con frecuencia por la formación de cálculos en dicho órgano (colelitiasis).

Los cálculos pueden afectar diversos lugares:

Obstrucción del conducto cístico que ocasiona dolor abdominal severo (cólico biliar)
Infección o inflamación de la vesícula biliar (colecistitis)
Bloqueo de los conductos biliares que van al duodeno (obstrucción biliar).

En cada caso, a menudo se extirpa la vesícula biliar (colecistectomía).

Fecha de revisión: 4/5/2006
Versión en inglés revisada por: Norman S. Kato, MD., Surgeon with the Cardiac Care Medical Group, Encino, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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