Medically reviewed by Robert Burakoff, MD Key Takeaways Most people do not experience any long-term effects of gallbladder ...

June 5 (UPI) --Gall bladder removal could lower cardiovascular disease risk -- and stroke risk -- for gallstone patients, researchers in Taiwan report. Stroke risk fell by 36 percent after people with ...

A robotic surgical system such as the one pictured here was trained by Johns Hopkins researchers to successfully perform lengthy gallbladder removal procedures without human help, according to a study ...

A 35-year-old woman died after gall bladder surgery in 2020. Three years later, the Sebring doctor involved has been fined $5,000 by the state Board of Medicine. Dr. Gregg Shore’s total punishment in ...

Not giving patients antibiotics after surgery to remove an inflamed and enlarged gallbladder did not lead to a greater incidence of infections, according to a study published in JAMA. About 20 percent ...

Dear Doctor: My daughter had her gall bladder removed, and two months later she's still suffering from watery diarrhea. She even had to be hospitalized to restore her fluids. What does your gall ...

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

CHICAGO (February 12, 2019): Pregnant women produce extra progesterone, which puts them at greater risk for gallstones. When the stones become problematic, causing painful attacks, a surgeon may ...

Nightwish lead vocalist Floor Jansen is recovering after recently undergoing gallbladder removal surgery. The medical procedure, known as a cholecystectomy, was precipitated by a bout of pancreatitis ...

A husband and father’s “untimely death” has been blamed on complications following a gallbladder removal operation at a Tasmanian hospital. But it was after he underwent keyhole surgery in 2012 to ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 9 (UPI) --Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal ...