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Question
Hello doctor,
It took me 2 months and 10 days to work a little after gallstone surgery, but I felt pain in my right flank. The doctor asked me if the pain in the right flank when working after surgery for gallstones for more than 2 months has not yet healed? Thank you doctor.
Le Thi Kim Thi (Ho Chi Minh)
Reply
Hello,
To the question “Is the pain in the right flank when working after surgery for gallstones for more than 2 months, has it not healed yet? ", the doctor would like to answer as follows:
The current surgical treatment is laparoscopic cholecystectomy, this is a minimally invasive surgery, leaving only 3 to 4 small scars in the right lower quadrant after surgery. epigastrium and umbilicus.
During surgery, the doctor needs to dissect the gallbladder from the liver, the position of operation is the right lower quadrant.
The recovery process after surgery usually takes place for many weeks after surgery, including scar healing, regeneration of tissue lost during surgery. Therefore, the surgical area will feel pain, usually of a mild degree.
If 2 months after surgery you have a lot of pain when moving, you need to go back to the doctor for a checkup, some tests and an abdominal ultrasound may be needed to determine if the recovery is normal. or not and have appropriate advice and treatment measures to help you improve the right lower quadrant pain.
If you still have questions about right flank pain when working more than 2 months after gallstone surgery, you can go to a hospital under Vinmec Health System for further examination and advice. Thank you for trusting and sending questions to Vinmec. Wishing you lots of health.
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Answered by Master, Doctor Nguyen Ngoc Thang - Gastroenterologist - General Surgery Department, Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.
