Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that lies beneath your liver on the upper right side of your abdomen. It stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by your liver. The gallbladder releases bile into the small intestine to digest fat at meal times. If the gallbladder is removed, bile will continue to be produced by the liver and flow directly into the small intestine.