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

As a result, gallbladder removal is one of the most ... about one-third of patients continue to experience abdominal pain ...

Gallstones are broadly classified into 2 major types: cholesterol stones and pigment stones, with the former type being the most common. 5 They can develop either in the gallbladder or in the bile ...

The standard treatment is laparoscopic cholecystectomy, making gallstone disease the second ... from pain (the main indication for treatment) after cholecystectomy. In patients with mild symptoms ...

Findings from a new study “support the hypothesis that statin intake on a regular basis is associated with a risk reduction of developing a new gallstone diagnosis followed by cholecystectomy ...

Reduce the need for Cholecystectomy for gallstones after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy suggests a study published in the BMC Surgery.In this study, we aimed ...

Q. I’m from an Italian-American family and we seem to have a predisposition for gallstones. Is this something people of my ethnic background get more often? A. I could find no evidence that ...

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 ...

For symptomatic gallstones, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the most frequently performed surgical treatment. This procedure involves removing the gallbladder through small incisions, allowing for ...