Cholecystectomy not always necessary for gallstones and abdominal pain, study finds
The standard treatment for these patients is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Since the 1990s, the number of surgeries has ...
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Laparoscopic Gallbladder Removal
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 ...
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What To Know About Biliary Colic (Gallbladder Attack) Treatment
Your healthcare provider may perform a cholecystectomy in one of two ways: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: This minimally invasive procedure involves a surgeon making small incisions in the abdomen ...
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Irish day surgery rates ‘consistently lower’ than other countries, ESRI reports. But what are the implications?
Irish hospitals are behind other countries in carrying out day surgeries, which do not require an overnight stay and are ...
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Irish day surgery rates ‘consistently lower’ than other countries, ESRI reports. But what are the implications?
Focusing on laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive surgical procedure used for the removal of a diseased gallbladder, it found that the probability of day surgery depends on patient ...