If a polyp has grown by 2 mm or more since the last checkup, a doctor will recommend surgical removal of the gallbladder, which is called a cholecystectomy. There are two types: open ...

Open surgery may be done if problems are found during laparoscopic surgery. With open surgery, the gallbladder is removed through one larger cut in your belly. And the hospital stay is longer.

To simplify management guidelines patients can be divided into three clinical groups: Those with gallbladder carcinoma that was discovered during or after laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy for ...

Post-cholecystectomy syndrome is typically ... time depends on the type of procedure performed. Recovery from open gallbladder surgery may take up to six weeks, whereas surgery performed ...

For the MEDLINE database, the MeSH terms “Cholecystostomy,” “Cholecystitis,” and “Cholecystectomy” were utilized for the search. We also searched the keywords “PTGBD,” “Percutaneous transhepatic ...

This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons ... We searched the databases by using the Medical Subject Headings words as well as the free words: (cholecystectomy ...

Introduction: As one of the most commonly performed surgeries in the world, safety during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is of utmost importance ... the peritoneum surrounding the infundibulum was ...