Question 1

Is surgery needed for gallbladder polyps?

Accepted Answer

Polyps are usually incidental findings on gallbladder ultrasounds.  Surgery is recommended when they are larger than 1 cm.  Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between a polyp and a gallstone;  if one has a high suspicion of gallbladder disease, it may be best to repeat an ultrasound after 3-6 months.

Question 2

Is surgery necessary for gallbladder polyps?

Accepted Answer

Are actually made of cholesterol crystals, so answer is yes if you are having symptoms.  Conversely, if you are having no or minimal symptoms, the answer is no.

Question 3

A 7.5 mm gallbladder polyp incidentally found during ultrasound, surgeon said it is a good size and recommended surgery. should i do it?

Accepted Answer

Your ultrasound showed a 7.5 mm polyp on the gallbladder.  A consult surgeon recommends removal.  The surgery will be safe removal of gallbladder at your age.  It is unusual to need a gallbladder at your age and gender(male).  The surgeon wants to make sure no cancer so if a second consult surgeon also recommends removal you should consider it.  Hope this helps.

Question 4

I have a gallbladder polyp and my surgery is not until 6 weeks, but the whites of my eyes starting to turn yellow and the pain is constant visit er?

Accepted Answer

It sounds as if your bile duct is getting obstructed and the bile is backing up into the liver and therfore spilling over into the blood stream where it can stain the eyes yellow (jaundice).  Your GI doc, can deal with this and may push to accelerate the date of your surgery.  You shouldn't wait six weeks.

Question 5

Had gallbladder removed due to polyps he found adhesions never had surgery so why adhesions have liver cysts & hemangiomas ?

Accepted Answer

You could have  had internal inflmmation.This woudl cause the body to heal and adhesions  occur.

Question 6

Hi, i'm 47 (m) w/ 2 gall bladder polyps (4.9 & 3 mm). having two polyps, some doctor suggested surgery. what would be the best? thanks!

Accepted Answer

If I was symptom free I would probably decline surgery and go on a diet to try and prevent further symptoms. Good Luck

Question 7

Is cholesterol polyp in the gallbladder measuring 3.4mm (0.134 in) dangerous or will eventually require surgery? is it a form of cancer? can this polyp go away on its own?

Accepted Answer

95% of gall bladder polyps are felt to be benign. Gall bladder polyps over 0.75 inches are recommended to be removed. Others are followed by 6 months to yearly ultrasounds to assure no growth  or malignant transformation. I always asked an abdominal surgeon to do the follow-up in my patients with gall bladder polyps.

Question 8

Is there treatment of gall bladder polyps without surgary operation ?

Accepted Answer

Has your doctor talked to you about gall bladder polyps?  If not you must see the doctor!
If the doctor has told you that surgery should be done please follow the advice.

Question 9

Asking again have gallbladder polyp u/s every year no changes since found 2009 tomorrow is yearly how likely changes ?

Accepted Answer

Depends on symptoms and size of polyps. If no symptoms and polyps are less than 10mm in size, American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy recommends annual ultrasounds. If polyps increase in size surgical removal of gallbladder is recommended. In one large study about 3.5% of polyps increased in size within a year. Yours seem stable. Thanks for trusting HealthTap!

Question 10

What are some common reasons i might have developed gallbladder polyps?

Accepted Answer

Gb polyps affect 5% of the adult population. Exact cause is not known but related to age and presence of gallstones which in turn is related to obesity as well.

Is surgery needed for gallbladder polyps