Editing Laparoscopy (section)

===Gallbladder===
Rather than a minimum 20&nbsp;cm incision as in traditional (open) [[cholecystectomy]], four incisions of 0.5–1.0&nbsp;cm, or, beginning in the second decade of the 21st century, a single incision of 1.5–2.0&nbsp;cm,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bhandarkar D, Mittal G, Shah R, Katara A, Udwadia TE | title = Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy: How I do it? | journal = Journal of Minimal Access Surgery | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 17–23 | date = January 2011 | pmid = 21197237 | pmc = 3002000 | doi = 10.4103/0972-9941.72367 | doi-access = free }}</ref> will be sufficient to perform a laparoscopic removal of a [[gallbladder]].
Since the gallbladder is similar to a small balloon that stores and releases bile, it can usually be removed from the abdomen by suctioning out the bile and then removing the deflated gallbladder through the 1&nbsp;cm incision at the patient's navel.
The length of postoperative stay in the hospital is minimal,
and most patients can be safely discharged from the hospital the same day.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=El-Sharkawy |first1=A. M. |last2=Tewari |first2=N. |last3=Vohra |first3=R. S. |date=2019 |title=The Cholecystectomy As A Day Case (CAAD) Score: A Validated Score of Preoperative Predictors of Successful Day-Case Cholecystectomy Using the CholeS Data Set |journal=World Journal of Surgery |volume=43 |issue=8 |pages=1928–1934 |doi=10.1007/s00268-019-04981-5 |issn=0364-2313 |pmc=9883331 |pmid=31016355}}</ref>