As robotic cholecystectomy, also known as gallbladder removal, becomes increasingly common, researchers have identified higher rates of bile duct injury in robotic cholecystectomy compared to the ...

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare form of cancer with no signs or symptoms in the early stages. In the U.S., approximately 2,000 people die annually from this condition, with only 20% diagnosed at an ...

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

In a rare medical feat, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, has claimed to have successfully removed the "world's largest gallbladder stone" through a laparoscopic procedure, a ...

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has emerged over the past decade as an evolution of standard multi-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, seeking to reduce visible scarring and ...

Gall bladder removal is commonly done through a few tiny incisions and several laparoscopic tools, but Dr. Jerry Stirman at Rex Hospital can do the procedure with one tiny incision in the belly button ...

There isn’t strong evidence that gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) causes irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), though some digestive symptoms after surgery can look similar to IBS symptoms. Digestive ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Tuesday in Töv Province, Mongolia, physicians from the University of Utah Center for Global Surgery will use a medical device invented on campus to perform surgery in front of a ...