Lurking half-hidden behind the lower edge of the liver, the pear-shaped gall bladder serves as a storehouse for an essential substance—the thick, greenish bile (or gall) that the liver manufactures to ...

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

Undergoing cholecystectomy at a younger age (< 40 years) was associated with higher long-term mortality, potentially influenced by higher alcohol use and smoking. During the follow-up period, 38,401 ...

2025 JUL 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily-- Researchers detail new data in Surgery - Cholecystectomy. According to news reporting out of Phoenix, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . At 5 years, 62.8% of patients in the usual care group were pain free vs. 61.2% in the restrictive care group.

People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of indigestion, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest that knowing your family's ...