A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Removal of gallbladder can cause trouble with fat digestion, constipation or even diarrhoea, but these are all temporary side ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) covers gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) if a doctor or another healthcare professional deems it medically necessary. Medicare Part A covers open ...

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 ...

There are other causes of leg weakness around the time of surgery. If they gave you spinal anesthesia, it’s possible that the ...

Cholecystectomy increases MASLD risk by 48%, with a higher risk for patients with multiple CMRFs. Patients with ≥3 CMRFs face a 345% higher MASLD risk post-surgery, emphasizing the need for careful ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am 48-year-old female. Following gallbladder removal four years ago, I have suffered with chronic diarrhea. My surgeon told me this was common, and it would stop within six months.

Surgeons found the gallstone was so big that it took up most of the space in his gallbladder — the organ that stores bile, ...