Background Selective approach for sending cholecystectomy specimens for histopathology results in missing discrete pathologies such as premalignant benign lesions such as porcelain gallbladder ...

For those experiencing unexplained upper abdominal pain, doctors recommend seeking medical advice instead of self-medicating ...

As a result, gallbladder removal is one of the most common surgeries ... of patients continue to experience abdominal pain ...

Cholecystectomy is usually laparoscopic surgery. To do this type of surgery, a doctor puts a lighted tube, or scope, and other surgical tools through small cuts (incisions) in your belly. The doctor ...

Histopathology revealed adenocarcinoma of gallbladder in six patients. One tumor was in stage T1b, two in T2 while one was in stage T3. While Cholecystectomy is an adequate treatment for pT1 ...

For example, recovery is much faster for a simple cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder only) compared to a radical cholecystectomy (a gallbladder removal procedure involving the removal of ...

Have you or someone close to you ever had the gallbladder removed? Gallbladder removal, also known as cholecystectomy, is one of the most common procedures, as per the National Institutes of Health.

If a polyp has grown by 2 mm or more since the last checkup, a doctor will recommend surgical removal of the gallbladder, which is called a cholecystectomy. There are two types: open ...

Never mind the London Marathon, a team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital has completed a cholecystectomy marathon - removing a record number of gall bladders in one day using surgical robots.

where the upper portion of the gallbladder is removed first, minimising the risk to nearby organs. In complex cases, surgeons may perform subtotal cholecystectomy, removing only a portion of the ...