Could Smart lipo on abdomen complicate future abdominal surgery?

Liposuction scarring is not a type of scarring that complicates laparoscopic gallbladder surgery. It's usually scar tissue or adhesions around the gallbladder itself that sometimes warrants conversion to an open approach.

Having a liposuction should not affect having a laparoscopic cholecystectomy in any way. There’s always a chance of having to convert to an open cholecystectomy if the surgeon can’t do the procedure laparoscopically. Most general surgeons today are very proficient at laparoscopic surgery and converting to open gallbladder surgery is unlikely. if you need your gallbladder taken out, you have no choice but to go through with the procedure. Perhaps the general surgeon was just concerned about the Unknown which in this case should not be something to worry about.You can always get a second opinion from another general surgeon if you don’t feel comfortable with the one you met with.
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Mats Hagstrom, MD