Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...

A doctor explained why you have unexpected diarrhoea after getting that gallbladder removal surgery. It has to do with the excess bile produced by your liver. Have you or someone close to you ever ...

The gallbladder is a small organ that plays a vital role in digesting the foods you eat. You may need to follow a gallbladder diet if you have gallstones or if your gallbladder is inflamed or infected ...

Figure 1. Flowchart of patient selection. Patients aged 1–17 years who received CTX treatment were included in the study. The inclusion criterion was gallbladder imaging [ultrasound or computed ...

But after a couple of years of work, xMEMS has arrived at the next generation — ultrasound through a solid-state speaker. This tiny, 1mm-thin speaker is called Cypress, and after listening to it ...

None of the patients in our study had any evidence of malignancy either clinically or on ultrasound examination ... revealed adenocarcinoma of gallbladder in six patients. One tumor was in ...

Biliary colic (also known as a "gallbladder attack") is abdominal ... During the ESWL procedure, ultrasound or X-ray imaging is used to target the gallstones. A lithotripter device creates shock ...

The device delivers ultrasound energy to the patient’s pancreas and generates localized heat of up to 100 degrees Celsius that destroys cancer cells in the organ. Other types of ultrasound waves ...

Other less common ultrasound findings encompassed neurologic abnormalities, cardiovascular defects, absence of the gallbladder, intrauterine growth retardation ... Schematic representation of the ...

I'm guessing by gallbladder problems that you mean gall stones which are formed in the gallbladder from cholesterol. Gallstone attacks can cause extreme pain in the upper-right quarter of the ...

How common is bladder cancer? Bladder cancer is more common in men than women. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for bladder cancer in the United States for 2025 are: About 84,870 new cases of ...