Hi Ksr,
I had mine out 18months ago after years of problems with it (chronic galbladder pain, stones etc...). My surgeon is a specialist in laporoscopic procedures here in France and has been inside for a visit to my pouch and for hernia repairs a number of times...so I trusted him implicitly.
I was warned that he would not know what to expect until he got inside...it went well, except for an exceptionally huge galbladder (over 2.2lbs and full of a quart of nasty, infected bile).
He sucked out the bile, deflated the galbladder in doing so, and pulled it out through a tiny hole in my abdomen. Kept me in for 3 nights, just in case, all considering my history. I was taken back in an ambulance 2 days later (my galbladder had been pressing on my right lung and collapsed it partially)...other than the usual laporoscopy gas pain, surgical pain (he took advantage of the visit by fixing a tiny hernia and snipping a few adhesions) etc, It went fine...I was walking around the block by the end of the week and was back to work in 2...
As long as they know what they are doing and what to expect there should be no complications...But we are a complicated bunch with tons of possible internal problems like adhesions and whatnot... so prepare for the worst and hope for the best...It should all be fine.
Don't forget to prepare your home for your homecoming...soups, no shopping for a while, no lifting, pushing or vacuming the house...Baby yourself post op, after all, it is still surgery.
Sharon