Well a couple of observations -- almost all gall bladder surgeries start out as lap procedures, but some have to go to
open incisions for a variety of reasons, such as stones in the common bile duct that can't be reached any other way. In your case a "nick" of the small bowel had to be repaired, but that is not a disability-producing complication (like tying off a vein that causes you to lose a limb for example.) And as the surgeon said, your small bowel has been home to longstanding Crohns disease which has already done far more damage than a small nick and a couple of stitches. Kind of like getting upset at brushing the curb in a car with old bald patched tires . . . of course people can and do sue for all sorts of reasons, but in the real world, justified suits are (or ought to be) limited to cases of genuine harmful malpractice that cause long term or permanent disabilty, not to a fairly common minor surgical incident that can be (and was) easily corrected. In your case I'd be glad the gall bladder is gone and that you are healing fine. It's unlikely to have any positive or negative impact on your Crohns anyway.