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 ...

Meanwhile, advances in ORC techniques have reduced blood loss and duration of surgery. Before LRC can be advocated for integration into clinical practice, the effect of the degree of invasiveness ...

After a thorough evaluation, the patient was scheduled for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder and stones. “During her surgery (on Saturday ...

c Percentage calculated on a total of 27 patients. d Forty male patients underwent laparoscopic prostate-sparing cystectomy. Abbreviation: NR = not reported.