Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery (cholecystectomy) removes the gallbladder and gallstones through several ... Before the surgeon removes the gallbladder, you may have a special X-ray procedure called ...

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

After laparoscopic surgery, it’s common to experience ... compared to a radical cholecystectomy (a gallbladder removal procedure involving the removal of the gallbladder, part of the liver ...

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 ...

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

Injury to intra-abdominal structures is a common complication of laparoscopic surgery that is usually ... undergoing laparoscopic gastric-bypass procedures.

LRC is still an experimental procedure, although the range of indications that are considered treatable with this approach is increasing within centers that prefer laparoscopy. The first 239 cases ...

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 ...

Hepatobiliary Surgeon Mr Siong-Seng Liau, (right) Chair of CUH Robotic Surgery Steering Group (RUG) at Addenbrooke’s, said ...

Addenbrooke’s Hospital has set a new record for the number of gall bladder operations completed in a single day, using robotic technology.