Repair must be done early, by an experienced biliary specialist, for best outcome and is NOT for novices to perform. We don’t get that, however. We get the cheapo, quicky patch-job done by the bumbling trainee who just botched our gallbladder surgery that can be sneaked in through a 1″-2″ cut at the uppermost trocar […]

Injury rate 10 times that of old, open surgery. But potential patients were not told this. We were deliberately lied to about the true injury rate. Copies of  printed pre-op propaganda given to patients recommending laparoscopic cholecystectomy is available for to confirm breach of patient rights . This gives you an understanding into psychopathic traits of […]

This is why the surgical community jumped on L.C. so fast (too fast): their livelihood was threatened by two new non-invasive treatments for gallstones: lithotripsy for calcium stones and dissolution. And why surgeons were terrified of losing patient to non-invasive therapy with wanton disregard for patient safety in the pursuit of the almighty dollar:   Complications […]

Written History In 1985 a surgeon in Germany, Erich Muhe, removed a gallbladder using a laparoscope. The first laparoscopic cholecystectomy in France was performed by Philippe Mouret in Lyon in 1987. J. Barry McKernan and William B. Saye performed the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) in the United States on June 22, 1988 in Marietta, Georgia. […]

We don’t get the biliary specialist. We get the surgeon/trainee who just botched out so-called “simple” gallbladder surgery to perform the much-more-complex biliary repair. Laparoscopic Bile Duct Injuries Risk Factors, Recognition, and Repair Ricardo L. Rossi, MD; William J. Schirmer, MD; John W. Braasch, MD; Laura B. Sanders, MD; J. Lawrence Munson, MD ABSTRACT • […]

Regardless of what we have been told as “the reason why” we have that tell-tale extra cut at the uppermost trocar site, we have been injured at that gallbladder surgery and the surgeon/trainee had to open us up to try to fix it. They make a 1-2″ cut then retract it open wider so they […]

Treatment of cholelithiasis Ever wondered why, 1] Why, after 100+ odd years of medical research, medical industry has not come up with a holistic health plan / treatment solution for for gallstones and or gallbladder disease 2] Why, in the US more than twice as likely to undergo gallbladder surgery that in UK [ US […]

New Zealand Surgeons advised the New Zealand Heath Commissioner removing the gallbladder – does not result in developing heath problems including Reflux   This paper  indicates that many who had their GB out due to stones may very well have had a functioning GB but we’re suffering from duodenogastric reflux already. Taking the GB out […]

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. Sep 2006; 88(5): 482–485. doi:  10.1308/003588406X114857 PMCID: PMC1964677 Variations in Consenting Practice for Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy AM Chen,* DR Leff,* J Simpson, SJD Chadwick, and PJ McDonald INTRODUCTION To compare the variations in consenting practice amongst trainees and consultant surgeons for laparoscopic cholecystectomy with specific reference to the documentation of significant risks of surgery. PATIENTS AND METHODS […]

MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR GALLBLADDER You may wonder why I, a chiropractor, would even be interested in gallbladders. It turns out that I see a fair number of people with structural problems that relate to the gallbladder. You may know that gallbladder problems can refer pain to the mid back and right shoulder areas. You […]