Many people experience gallbladder issues without realizing it. The most common symptom is abdominal pain in the upper right ...

In Medicare beneficiaries, rates of bile duct injury were consistently higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

The standard treatment for these patients is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Since the 1990s, the number of surgeries has increased exponentially, despite the lack of clear international criteria.

We believe that empiric cholecystectomy is a reasonable treatment option in such patients. The main clinical dilemma is how to treat a patient if there is only an increased suspicion for a biliary ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with reduced risks for surgical site infection (SSIs) and readmissions in children undergoing cholecystectomy for uncomplicated cholelithiasis, a ...

Researchers have found in a new study that patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who are subjected to cholecystectomy could be ...

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 ...

In patients with symptomatic gallbladder stones who were found to have asymptomatic concomitant common bile duct stones (CBDS ...

Citizens Medical Center gave residents the opportunity to get an up close and hand-on understanding of the robot surgical ...