Purpose: To investigate the clinical characteristics of symptomatic cholecystolithiasis and laparoscopic cholecystectomy complications in pediatric patients. Methods: The medical records of 50 ...

Katelin Holmes, D.O., a breast surgeon at Infirmary Health in Fairhope, Alabama, and a clinical assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

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 ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains the preferred me-thod for treating benign gallbladder diseases. However, clinical presentations of cholecystitis vary widely. For ...

The following is a summary of “Robotic compared with laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A National Surgical Quality Improvement Program comparative analysis,” published in the September 2024 issue of ...

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 ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vaginal vs. laparoscopic hysterectomy was linked to less operative and recovery time but greater pain on surgery ...

The following is a summary of “Expedited Laparoscopic Cholangiogram and Liver Biopsy in the Workup of Biliary Atresia,” published in the December 2023 issue of Pediatrics by Lai, et al. New research ...