Lap Chole: Procedure
$395.00 – $425.00
(Depending on size)
- After placement of the trocars, the gallbladder is grasped and retracted upward and outward. Adhesions, connective tissue, and the lesser omentum are divided from the neck of the gallbladder in a medial direction, to reveal a portion of the cystic duct.
- Clips are placed on the exposed cystic duct and an incision is made between the clips.
- The cystic artery is then located within the Triangle of Calot (formed by the planes of the lower border of the liver, the cystic duct, and the common hepatic duct), ligated and divided.
- The gallbladder is removed through one of the ports.
