Unfortunately, the practice of discarding gallbladder specimen is standard in most ... during surgery was excluded from the study. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was performed in majority of cases ...

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 ...