To anyone who has had gallbladder surgery - Biliary stenting

I too had gallblader surgery 2 years ago.I went back in for the stent removal and he could not fine it. He said I probably passed it. I have problems with stomach pains every day. Anyone have this experience?

I went in to have my gallbladder removed laproscopically, but they wound up having to do an open surgery. There is a large stone stuck in my bile duct which could not be removed during surgery or later during an ERCP procedure. It is still there, with a stent in place. During the open surgery, they also had to repair a tear in my stomach lining caused by a complication. My open surgery was 10 days ago. The staples are out, but the large incision is warm to the touch and still extremely painful. It actually hurts to take a deep breath. Is this "normal" as far as healing time and symptoms? I've been out of the hospital less than 24 hours.

I had my gallbladder removed on 11/22/13. The procedure was done laparoscopically and we i woke from surgery was told there was a leak and the doctor had placed a Jp drain and, that i would be staying overnight in the hospital . The next morning the doc came in and told me why he placed the drain and that he wanted to send me for a HIDA scan to see where the leak was and how big. The scan showed a fairly large leak so i was scheduled for and ERCP to have a stent placed. Unfortunately i need another stent because I'm still draining too much fluid. The down side is; this was all unplanned for a routine laparoscopic gallbladder removal. The up side is, my surgeon was proactive by placing the drain and keeping me in the hospital. I could have had all that junk in my system and wound up with peritonitis All surgeries come with risks. Ask questions, look things up, when going for any procedure be sure you know all the risks and possible outcomes

My fiancee had 3 ercp's in a matter of days, and her gall bladder removed (they said they took out around 30 stones). Infection got soo bad even with a stent her kidneys failed and she has been on dialysis for over 2 weeks. They have kept her heavily sedated the entire time. It's been 3 weeks since I could talk with her, about the same since she could respond with a head shake or hand movement.

hi  my  name   is   sandy.  for the  last  6  weeks   i  have   been  in   and  out  of  the  hospitals  and  Frankly   it's becoming  rather  stupid   my problems    began  i  was  having  some   sharp  pain  in the lower  part  of the rib cage  of course i  thought it  was my  occasional  "air bubbles"  that i  get  in the  same area  but   the  pain   got   worst  lasting up  to    4  hours    this  had  went  on for 3   days   finally  i  told  my mother   called  the   Dr   because   i  couldn't take   the  pain anymore.  and  the pain  was  unbearable   i  first   thought it had  to  be my gallbladder.So   being the  computer  geek   that i am  i researched   the  symptoms of the  gallbladder   attacks.  and  course   it was   confirm   by  my Dr.  between    march  5   i had  a sonogram  done  which   i  thought   that  was rather   cool   i  was   told there  was gallstones  and one of  was  10  centimeters    going through   a few  appointments   by  the 10th   i had  a endoscopy   done   by  this time the Dr   who  did  the  procedure  never once  mention  that he  put  a stent  in  my stomach   a  few   days  later  my  gallbladder   was removed     got  the last  remaining twp  stitches  removed  on    last Thursday   and  i   thought i  was through   with  Doctors    I couldn't  be more   wrong!     got   a  call  from my  Dr  who   took  my  gallbladder  out   letting  me know    that  the   stent was   in my   stomach  and it  needs  to be removed  so   more   traveling   and removing  the thing.  

YES IT IS, JUST HAD MY STENT REMOVED YESTERDAY AFTER HAVING GALL BLADDER REMOVED 5 WEEKS AGO

Yes I have and I had complications and spent 9 days in the hospital. I am getting the stent removed but I am not sure why they had to put the stent in. I had s huge gallstone and everything was very infected. My gallbladder had to be removed because of thickening of my gallbladder.

I am sorry to hear of your troubles. If you could answer a question or two for me, I would be very grateful. My mother had emergency gallbladder removal 3 weeks ago. They sent her home 28 mins after they took the tube out of her mouth. That was on a tuesday, from then till the following monday she had horrible shoulder and neck pain, along with abdominal pain. Which they said was from the gas they used during the surgery, Finally on Monday I talked to her surgeon and told him something is wrong and I know it is not gas. he told me to take her back to the ER where they would be waiting for her. They said "They found a very small amount of bile around the clamp, and the body should absorb it over the next week". He said "there probably was a small leak" but after a hour of looking during the second procedure, he said "it was probably already healed since he could not find it during the procedure." the next day I showed up at the hospital and they had her in the Operating room putting a drain in, afterwards they were getting ready to send her by ambulance to another hospital to have a stint put in. Within a hour the ball at the end of the drain had filled 3 times. another 2 on in the ambulance. After the stint was in they brought her back to the original hospital, they would not let her go until they were sure she was ok, so they kept her to the following monday. during that time they moved the drain to another area where it filled up twice within the first hour. now she is home with the drain still in and she is still having some shoulder pain and pain on the side of her neck. from what I understand she would have shoulder pain from the gas from the original surgery which has dissipated by now. she says it has been increasing, Though her pain med's have been decreased since she has been home. So that could be a reason that she is noticing pain she didn't feel when she was given morphine at the hospital. My question is when you had the drain and stint in, did you experience this shoulder and neck pain? How long did it take you to feel normal after having the stint out? Did or are you suing the hospital for malpractice?

I had a gall bladder removed in June 2012. Several days before that removal I had a stent installed. Not really sure why that was done but was not about to argue. Several days later the gall bladder was removed and all went well. Several months later returned to have the stent removed and again all went well. 

I had my gallbladder out aug 2000. in november of 2013 i started having gallbladder like symptons .  My urine turned orange and thats when it was discovered that when i had my gallbladder removed they put a stent in, which was never told to me and no follow up by the doctor.   I have had 9 ERCPs and im sure its not over yet.  I really think the doctor that removed my gallbladder should be responsible for all the pain he has caused me. Just had my 9th ERCP yesterday and with this one also came a biopsy of 3 of the tissues in there.  Now i wait for results

Hi, many have said they don't know the reason for stent placement. It's to reduce the pressure on you liver caused by bile by bypassing the sphincter on your bile duct helping it to heal quicker and hopefully avoiding major surgery. I hope it is successful and you don't have any further complications.

Hi, I'm really sorry to hear about this complication your facing. They should have done a wash of the abdominal cavity to help with the pain. If your mother is in pain I would recommend if possible to walk around as much as possible as this helps. Also is the bile leak reducing? With the placement of the stent; Ideally the bile should stop leaking into the abdominal cavity with a couple of days allowing for the drain to removed and patient sent home. I am surprised that they sent your mom home with the bile bag however they must be confident with her condition. I hope stenting works and they are no further complications for you.

Hi..my husbandhad his gallbladder recently removed after he wasdischarged to go home he became very ill and had to go back to hospital..after a few test they found a leak in bile duct..they said this was from the doctors mistake and did somthing wrong during surgery..that is the only reason for a stent..is a injury to duct from trauma or injury during a surgery

Had my gall bladder removed was in the hospital a week left with two drains and about a month later and drains still in and filling up I was informed that I would need a stint, after about 3 weeks it seem that stint wasn't working so I had to reluctantly go back and be put to sleep again and now I have 2 stunt and was told they would stay in for approximately 3 months... Jus praying it works this time

i have a stone thats come out in to the tube between the pancreas and gallbladder, so first i have to have a stent then gallbladder removed later, as the stone is in a bad place, the stent will push the stone back in the gallbladder.....