Rapid weight loss is also associated with a higher risk of gallstones, especially in those who have undergone bariatric ...

In gastrointestinal surgery, robotics has moved beyond being a technological advancement to becoming a preferred approach for ...

People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of ...

Using a robotic platform, such as the da Vinci Xi system at QAH, further increases precision. For example, patients with a ...

Ethiopia: Researchers have reported a rare case of a sigmoid gallbladder in a 38-year-old woman with gallstone disease. The case, published in BMC Surgery by Abduletif Haji-Ababor Abagojam, General ...

Objective To analyse the completeness in GallRiks of the follow-up frequency in relation to the intraoperative and postoperative outcome. Design Population-based register study. Setting Data from the ...

Introduction: cholelithiasis is a highly prevalent disease of the digestive system in the world. In Brazil, it is a routine condition, whose studies suggest a prevalence of around 10% of adults.

Gallbladder polyps are abnormal growths inside the gallbladder, the small organ in the upper right abdomen that stores digestive bile. Inflammation, cholesterol, abnormal cell growth, and, in rare ...

A NEW study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has identified a strong link between insulin resistance and gallstone disease, highlighting the estimated ...

A NEW study suggests that ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) may offer an effective nonsurgical treatment for gallstones that develop after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). The study indicates that ...

In a remarkable display of medical expertise, Be Well Hospitals successfully removed 195 gallstones from a 70-year-old retired teacher, redefining standards in surgical care. The patient, who had ...