Introduction The gallbladder is a small organ that stores bile from the liver and aids in fat digestion. Patients often ...

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 ...

Recovery from open gallbladder surgery, for example, may take up to six weeks, while recovery from laparoscopic surgery may only take a week or two. You can expect to feel some pain while you ...

In the past, common procedures such as gallbladder removal could mean a night or more in the hospital, and weeks of painful ...

Cholecystectomy (surgical removal of the gallbladder) may be necessary ... to their normal activities within 1-2 weeks after laparoscopic surgery. Complete recovery may take up to six weeks.

In severe cases, the most common surgery for gallbladder stones is laparoscopic cholecystectomy. It involves removing the gall bladder. If a stone gets stuck, it can lead to serious issues like ...

Dr. Scovill spent most of his career in academic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical School, where he pioneered laparoscopic procedures for gall bladder operations. He tried the then-new ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

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

It follows a record-breaking December during which Addenbrooke’s carried out 2,142 elective operations, despite winter pressures. It marks the highest number of elective procedures ever carried out in ...