Gallstones are solid lumps that form in the gallbladder when stored bile crystallizes. They are pebble-like and can be the size of a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball. Most of the time, ...

Bile duct cancer surgery, especially the curative type, is a major operation that may require around a week in the hospital to recover. Let’s go over a few things to keep in mind as you recover ...

Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy was tied to a 0.7% rate of bile duct injury that required definitive surgical reconstruction within 1 year compared with a 0.2% rate for laparoscopic ...

Background: 10% to 18% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallstones have common bile duct (CBD) stones. Treatment options for these stones include pre- or post-operative endoscopic ...

A bile duct obstruction describes when one of the tubes that carries ... some people may still require surgery. Someone with severe or frequent symptoms may need to have gallbladder removal surgery.

A team of researchers at University of Michigan Health led by Cody Mullens, M.D., M.P.H., a general surgery resident, found that there are higher risks of bile duct injury in robotic ...

Gallbladder Removal Surgery ‌Gallbladder surgery is most commonly used to address the following:‌ Gallstones in your gallbladder (cholelithiasis) Gallstones in your bile duct (choledocholithiasis) ...

In some cases, a leaking bile duct may happen during surgery and a surgeon may be able to correct it right away. However, in other cases, a separate, corrective surgery may be needed.

In the era of laparoscopic surgery, intra-operative X-ray investigation of bile ducts to identify coexisting common bile duct stones has been replaced by new techniques, which, unfortunately, are ...

Rhode Island Woman Awarded Over $2M After Surgery Left Her With Sliced Bile Duct Published Sep 28, 2021 at 11:33 AM EDT Updated Sep 29, 2021 at 5:25 AM EDT By Robert Lea ...

Vikings Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss shared on Instagram Live on Friday that cancer was found in his bile duct and he had a six-hour surgery to remove it. “Your boy is a cancer survivor ...