Introduction Misidentification of the extrahepatic bile duct anatomy during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is the main cause of bile duct injury. Easier intraoperative recognition of the biliary ...

Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery is usually preferred because it causes less bleeding and has a shorter recovery time. Keep your incision site(s) clean and dry after surgery, take your pain medication ...

Just like any major surgery, a cholecystectomy, or gallbladder removal, is no small matter. And while you may recover quickly, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re ready to return to exercise right away ...

Abstract: Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (LC) is widely recognized for its benefits over open cholecystectomy, such as reduced hospital stay, postoperative pain, and mortality. Despite its safety, the ...

About 10% to 15% of the adult Western population have gallstones. Between 1% and 4% become symptomatic each year. Removal of the gallbladder (cholecystectomy) is the main stay treatment for ...

In acute care settings, robotic-assisted cholecystectomy (RAC) and laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) resulted in similar rates of bile duct injury, but RAC was associated with higher rates of major ...

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 ...

The following is a summary of “Difficult laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a narrative review,” published in the April 2025 issue of BMC Surgery by Abdallah et al. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy remains one ...

had my gall bladder removed in august 2005. was fine for a while, thought was recovering well. started having problems with diarrhoea in about february last year. on and off. continued as such ...

In Medicare beneficiaries with varying levels of risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, the rate of bile duct injury is three times higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...