You may have to take some precautions while caring for your postsurgical wound at home. This includes bathing guidelines. Gallbladder surgery is a procedure that removes your gallbladder. Doctors can ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...

Pain relief with high-frequency, high-intensity transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is comparable with intravenous opioids in managing postsurgical pain in patients who undergo ...

The painful spasms of a gallbladder attack often begin suddenly (sometimes after eating a fatty meal) and may last several hours. The attack is caused by one or more gallstones getting stuck in the ...

If you’ve had a cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) to treat gallstones or another gallbladder condition, you’re not alone. In fact, more than 1.2 million people in the United States undergo this ...

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

Gallbladder cancer surgery involves removing the gallbladder. There are several different types of this surgery. In some circumstances, removing the gallbladder may cure a person’s cancer. The ...

Gallbladder cancer is a rare and often aggressive malignancy that develops in the tissues of the gallbladder — a small, ...

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.

Researchers interviewed 24 patients who underwent either emergency or elective gallbladder removal surgery about their knowledge of gallstone disease symptoms before they sought medical care, their ...