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What Causes Severe Upper Abdominal Pain After Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery?

Posted on Thu, 23 Feb 2017

Question: after four months of laparoscopy of gall stone my wife sometimes having severe pain in upper abdomen, that pain starts from back and travels to all over upper abdomen

Answered by Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (53 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Need more information

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for posting your query.
I am Dr.R.K and I am pleased to assist you.

How long does the pain last?
Was a scan done? If it was done, what is the scan report?

Regards,
Dr.R.K.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (53 minutes later)

no scan has done yet,

Answered by Dr. Dr.P.Ratnakar Kini (23 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Answer given below

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
The pain could be due to various causes including peptic ulcer disease, pancreatitis, bile duct related and nerve and muscle related.
Since there is a history of Gallbladder surgery, an ultrasound scan may be done first to look for issues related to it.

Regards,
Dr.R.K.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar