Based on this study, researchers recommended caution with cholecystectomy in patients with gallstones and abdominal pain. The ...

And the hospital stay is longer. Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) removes the gallbladder and gallstones through several small cuts (incisions) in the abdomen. The surgeon inflates ...

During a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, they instead remove the gallbladder via small incisions in the abdomen. Although gallbladder surgery typically has good outcomes, some complications are ...

Biliary colic is abdominal pain that develops due to a blockage in the bile ducts, which carry bile (digestive fluid) from the liver to the gallbladder and into the small intestine. When ...