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 ...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the procedure of choice ... For patients who are unable to tolerate or who refuse surgery, endoscopic biliary sphincterotomy or treatment with ursodeoxycholic ...
Four patients with gallbladder gangrene underwent open cholecystectomy and 23 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, of which 15 (65%) were completed laparoscopically and 8 (35% ...