More than 60 epidemiologic studies have investigated a possible relation between cholecystectomy and colon cancer risk. However, the strength of any association remains uncertain because of the small ...

Researchers found that AI models for identifying safe dissection zones in gallbladder surgery rely on tool positions and ...

Each year, 100,000 people visit their doctor with abdominal pain, with approximately 30,000 of them diagnosed with gallstones. The standard treatment for these patients is a laparoscopic ...

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. Doctors usually treat cholecystitis by surgically removing this organ, known as a cholecystectomy. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, ...

Patients with gallstone disease blocking the bile duct (choledochlithiasis) who do not have gall bladder removal in the same hospital admission as endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP) have as ...

A BMJ study of 624,713 Swedish births linked HPV vaccination before pregnancy to 15% lower odds of very preterm birth. What families should know. Ozempic and Zepbound Makers Report Slower Aging Clocks ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for Distalmotion's DEXTER robotic surgery system to be used in adult cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) procedures, marking ...

Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy was associated with more than double the risk for bile duct injury (BDI) requiring operative repair compared with laparoscopic cholecystectomy among Medicare ...

Abdominal pain associated with gallstones does not always subside after the gallbladder is removed (cholecystectomy). Even five years after surgery, one-third of patients still experience persisting ...