The Project Tycho database aims are to advance the availability and use of public health data for science and policy. The site provides open access to newly digitized U.S. weekly surveillance data for contagious diseases from 1888 to the present for use in research, education, and policy making.
1 Surgery to remove the gallbladder (cholecystectomy). 2  Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove your gallbladder, since gallstones frequently recur. 3  Once your gallbladder is removed, bile flows directly from your liver into your small intestine, rather than being stored in your gallbladder. Your doctor may recommend surgery to remove your gallbladder, since gallstones frequently recur. 2  Once your gallbladder is removed, bile flows directly from your liver into your small intestine, rather than being stored in your gallbladder.
You may need gallbladder removal surgery if you have pain or other symptoms from gallstones. You may also need it if your gallbladder is not working normally. Common symptoms may include: 1  Indigestion. 2  Pain after eating, usually in the upper right or upper middle area of your belly (epigastric pain). 3  Nausea and vomiting.