Never mind the London Marathon, a team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital has completed a cholecystectomy marathon - removing a record number of gall bladders in one day using surgical robots.

Irish hospitals are behind other countries in carrying out day surgeries, which do not require an overnight stay and are efficient in freeing up much-needed bed space, according to a new study. The ...

Four patients with gallbladder gangrene underwent open cholecystectomy and 23 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy, of which 15 (65%) were completed laparoscopically and 8 (35% ...

A blood thinner is a medication that is used to prevent or treat blood clots. Blood thinners are commonly used in conjunction with surgery when the risk for blood clots is heightened. They may be ...

and use of reusable instruments used in laparoscopic surgical procedures. Laparoscopy, also known as minimally invasive surgery or keyhole surgery, involves the use of small incisions and specialized ...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was successfully performed on the child ... Two patients experienced prolonged disease duration, with the time from onset to surgery exceeding one week. The overall ...

Laparoscopic surgery, also referred to as minimally invasive surgery (MIS) or laparoscopy, is a surgical technique in which a thin, camera-equipped surgical device is inserted into the abdomen or ...

The “Undetectable Era” is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise of a kind of surgery where you’re “really ...

9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Moon Surgical, a pioneer in laparoscopic surgical innovation, today announced the first 20 patients successfully treated at an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) using the ...

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 ...