wound infection, bile duct injury, or bile leak) occur in about 2% of cases. If patients who have undergone empiric cholecystectomy suffer another episode of IAP, more invasive diagnostic testing ...

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 ...

A cholecystectomy, or the surgical removal ... gallbladder inflammation, and gallbladder infections. Surgical removal of the gallbladder can help improve symptoms, but your provider will only ...