A non-surgical procedure that uses shock waves to break up gallbladder stones has shown early promise bringing relief for some of the estimated 25 million Americans who have gallstones. The procedure, ...

The procedure was performed by gastro surgeon Dr Kanhaiya Lal Chaudhary and his team on a 62-year-old woman suffering from abdominal pain and digestive problems for a prolonged period.

USA: A review of available evidence suggests that cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal surgery) provides superior control of ...

In a rare medical feat, Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, has claimed to have successfully removed the "world's largest gallbladder stone" through a laparoscopic procedure, a ...

Doctors in India were flabbergasted after extracting 382 stones from the gallbladder of a woman who’d been complaining of back pain for months. The patient, named Yashoda Bai, from Harraiya village, ...

Bassett Healthcare Network is investing clinical expertise and funding into an emerging method to treat patients suffering from gallbladder issues, according to a news release. Surgeons at Bassett ...

A research paper titled “Epidemiology of Gallbladder Cancer in India” published in the CCO journal reveals a worrying fact—India accounts for nearly 10% of the world’s total gallbladder cancer cases.

Your gallbladder is a small organ that can cause big problems if you don’t take care of it. When working properly, this pouch—the size of a deflated balloon—stores bile produced by the liver. It ...

Guwahati: A Guwahati-based hospital performed a pioneering “office telerobotic surgery” on Wednesday by conducting a gall bladder stone removal procedure remotely.Doctors said the patient was ...

PHOENIX -- Delaying gallbladder removal after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for bile duct stones was linked to a more than 14-fold higher risk of biliary complications within 1 ...

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