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 What gallbladder removal really involves: why gallstones end in surgery, how keyhole differs from the open operation, the recovery week by week, and what changes once the organ is gone.
Cholecystectomy, from the gallstone attacks to life without the organ.

Where people travel for gallbladder surgery

Some people look abroad to have their gallbladder removed, whether to shorten a long waiting list, to reach a particular surgeon they have researched, or to bring a self-funded operation within reach. This page lists a medical-travel agency alongside hospitals that treat international patients for general and upper-GI surgery, so you can see the shape of the options. We endorse none of them and take nothing for a listing.

Providers

Thailand Care

Bangkok, Thailand · medical-travel agency

Thailand Care is a medical-travel agency based in Bangkok that arranges gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) for international patients at licensed Thai hospitals, including keyhole and open surgery for gallstones. It matches the patient to a general surgeon, books the operation, and organises the consultation, quotation, interpreting, transfers, and aftercare during the stay. The agency coordinates the visit; the surgery is performed by the hospital's surgeons.

Based in: Bangkok, Thailand

Bumrungrad International Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand · hospital

A large JCI-accredited private hospital in Bangkok with a general and gastrointestinal surgery centre that treats international patients for laparoscopic and open gallbladder removal.

Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Bangkok Hospital

Bangkok, Thailand · hospital

A large JCI-accredited private hospital and the flagship of a nationwide Thai group, with general-surgery teams that treat international patients for gallstone and gallbladder surgery.

Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Anadolu Medical Center

Kocaeli, Turkey · hospital

A JCI-accredited hospital near Istanbul, affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine International, whose general-surgery department treats international patients for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Accreditation: JCI-accredited; Johns Hopkins Medicine International affiliate

Apollo Hospitals

Chennai, India · hospital

A JCI-accredited hospital within a large Indian group with high-volume general and laparoscopic surgery, treating international patients for gallstone disease and gallbladder removal.

Accreditation: JCI-accredited

Listing order is not a ranking. This is general information, not a recommendation of any individual provider.