Removal of gallbladder with VSG

[Gabriela Ruanova 0]

I initially had my MD appointment for gallbladder removal surgery. After discussing my options with MD he recommends to have both procedures done in one surgery. My question is... is there any complications or risk that anyone have experience? And what is your experience?

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[catwoman7 10,902]

it used to be standard years ago that they'd remove people's gallbladders when they had bariatric surgery. Now they typically wait to see if the person actually has any gallbladder issues after surgery, because most of us actually don't. So to answer your question - yes, that used to be pretty routine a few years ago. There may be some people on here who've had that done.

[RickM 1,747]

My wife had hers removed along when she had her duodenal switch, and there wasn't anything unusual that one could point to regarding that part of the procedure.

Our doc routinely removes the gallbladder (and appendix) when he does the DS as he doesn't want some future surgeon going in there and getting lost in the weird anatomy. With his VSG patients, he leaves it alone unless he feels stones in there when he is doing the surgery, then he deals with it if necessary (much like the liver thing, if the patient has fatty liver, he deals with it, no point making a big fuss over it as some surgeons might do.)