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 laparoscopic surgery ... to eight weeks before you can return to a more manual job. If your gallbladder removal surgery was performed via an open surgery method, you will need to stay ...

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

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 laparoscopic surgery, surgeons create four small incisions to insert a camera and tools, allowing for precise removal of the gallbladder without the need for large cuts.

After 30 years of setting the bar in laparoscopy and robotics, Chinese urological researchers are forging ahead with ‘intelligent’ surgery ... for gall bladder removal, by a surgeon in ...