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 ...

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

After a thorough evaluation, the patient was scheduled for a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder and stones. “During her surgery (on Saturday ...

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