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Can removal of your gallbladder increase your risk for colon polyps or colon cancer because of bile salt being directly dumped into your large bowels.
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No: Past medical studies did not link gallbladder surgery to colon cancer. Most all of the bile is reabsorbed by the small intestine & returned to the liver, with or without the gallbladder. Excess bile getting to the colon will cause diarrhea.
Answered 9/28/2020
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Nope: Gallbladder removal does not affect your risk for colon cancer.
Answered 3/22/2020
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Not so: Liver makes bile. Gallbladder stores it. With stimulation (fats, meals), discharged bile into upper small bowel (duodenum). Gets reabsorbed in lower small bowel (ileum) whether or not gb present. Bile works as digestive detergent. Risk factors for gb disease and colon polyps (pre cancerous changes) include overweight and obesity.
Answered 4/20/2015
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