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Surgery
All you need to know about minimally invasive gallstone surgery
Minimally invasive gallstone surgery, also known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, is a surgical procedure to remove the gallbladder, which is often performed to treat gallstones. Gallstones are hard deposits that form in the gallbladder, leading to pain, inflammation and other complications if left untreated. Here to tell us all we need to know about this procedure is leading consultant general, upper GI, and trauma surgeon Mr Lalin Navaratne.