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DiscussionChronic Right-Side Abdominal/Back Gallbladder Pain
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Hello @4man28
I found the "Sphincter of Oddi Dysfunction" mentioned by your surgeon to be interesting so I did some research and looked it up. It is something that happens after a gallbladder removal. Here is a link to some information about it,
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14516-sphincter-of-oddi-dysfunction.
If you read the symptoms you will see that many are quite similar to what you are experiencing and the interesting thing is that it is more frequent with people who have had their gallbladders removed.
Here is another article which discusses this as well and does mention the symptom of elevated liver enzymes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087924/ This article also describes some of the tests that can diagnose it.
You may want to search for a doctor who has some expertise in this area. If you are near the Mayo facility in Minnesota, here is information about a doctor who is experienced with this, https://www.mayoclinic.org/biographies/topazian-mark-d-m-d/bio-20054524.
We have another discussion about this on Connect, https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/i-have-sphincter-of-oddi-dysfuncfion-it-causes-severe-upper-abdominal-pain/?orderby=DESC#chv4-comment-stream-header.
I would like to know how you are doing with this process of finding an answer to your pain. Will you provide an update?