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What is the average length of stay in the hospital for an open cholecystectomy?

April 26, 2017average cholecystectomy hospital LENGTH stay

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What is the average length of stay in the hospital for an open cholecystectomy?

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With open cholecystectomy, you would need to stay in the hospital for 3-5 days. Because the incisions are smaller with laparoscopic cholecystectomy, there isn’t as much pain and discomfort after this operation as there is after open cholecystectomy.