Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

Introduction The gallbladder is a small organ that stores bile from the liver and aids in fat digestion. Patients often ...

After laparoscopic surgery ... to eight weeks before you can return to a more manual job. If your gallbladder removal surgery was performed via an open surgery method, you will need to stay ...

In the past, common procedures such as gallbladder removal could mean a night or more in the hospital, and weeks of painful ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Rarely cancerous growth can also affect the gallbladder. In these cases, surgical removal of this organ is ... and 100 gallstones are removed during a surgery. In this one, a successful extraction ...

After 30 years of setting the bar in laparoscopy and robotics, Chinese urological researchers are forging ahead with ‘intelligent’ surgery ... for gall bladder removal, by a surgeon in ...

A doctor explained why you have unexpected diarrhoea after getting that gallbladder removal surgery. It has to do with the excess bile produced by your liver. Have you or someone close to you ever ...