5-511.3:

Your gallbladder has been removed.

The gallbladder is in the top right part of the abdomen below the liver. The liver produces bile. The bile flows through bile ducts to the gallbladder and is stored there. When needed, the bile flows through another bile duct to the intestine. There, the bile helps to digest fats.

Even when someone no longer has a gallbladder, the liver continues to produce bile. But then the bile flows straight into the intestine. The bile cannot then be excreted from the gallbladder in large quantities when necessary. As a result, it may be harder to digest fats.

To remove the gallbladder, it is first detached from the liver. The blood vessels and the connection from the gallbladder to the bile duct are severed. The gallbladder can then be removed.

The operation also involved removing an adjacent part of your liver. This also sometimes involves removing lymph nodes.