Any operation on the abdomen, as long as general anesthesia or epidural anesthesia is used to open the abdominal cavity, the intestines will stop moving after the operation. At this time, eating any food or drinking water may stay in the stomach and intestines, causing gastric dilatation and flatulence. Therefore, patients with gallstones usually have to wait 24-48 hours after surgery, and when the anus is exhausted, the patient does not feel nausea and vomiting, nor does he feel abdominal distension, before they can start eating some light foods that are easy to digest, such as thick rice soup, lotus root starch (with as little sugar as possible), fruit juice, deoiled chicken soup and broth. After a day, you can eat porridge, vegetarian noodles or steamed egg flowers. After 3 ~ 4 days, it is gradually increased to soft dry rice, broth and fish soup, and a small amount of lean meat, fish and vegetables fried with vegetable oil. After about1~ 2 weeks, normal people's staple food can be restored, but animal oil (such as lard) and fat should be eaten less. The general principle is to eat light and salty food, to eat soft food, and then gradually transition to normal people's diet, eat less sugar and gas-producing foods such as beans, fruits and vegetables without special restrictions, and gradually increase oil and meat from vegetable oil to moderate animal fat such as fat, so as to feel comfortable after eating, without bloating and diarrhea.
After cholecystectomy, patients with gallstones can eat all kinds of food just like healthy people after a period of dietary adjustment and transition, and they don't need to avoid this and that. Because of adequate nutrition, their bodies will recover quickly. Some patients have heard that patients can't eat soy sauce and vinegar after surgery, which will affect the healing of the wound. This is also without scientific basis.