Gallbladder removal surgery, a common procedure for gallstones and related issues, often leads to digestive adjustments. Post-surgery, patients may experience difficulty digesting fats, diarrhea, or ...

Surgery to completely remove the cancer is possible in very few cases of bile duct cancer. The type of surgery you have will depend on your cancer and the goal of the surgery.

Rates of bile duct injury decreased over time for each surgical technique, from 0.3% to 0.1% of laparoscopic and from 0.7% to 0.5% of robotic-assisted cholecystectomies in 2010 and 2019, respectively.

Bile duct injuries are rare, happening in only 0.15% to 0.3% of gallbladder removal surgeries. However, they’re one of the more serious complications of this surgery.

Specialists noted that gall bladder surgery ranks among the most common surgical procedures worldwide. However, accidental bile duct injury can occur during the operation when the duct is ...

Among more than 840,000 adults, the rate of bile duct injury was 0.37% with robotic-assisted surgery and 0.39% with laparoscopic surgery (OR 0.93, 95% CI 0.73-1.18, P =0.54), reported Gina Lynn ...

Published Sep 28, 2021 at 11:33 AM EDT Updated Sep 29, 2021 at 5:25 AM EDT ...