The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ located in the upper right part of the abdomen just below the liver. Its function is to store and release bile, a pigment that is produced by the liver ...

When gallbladder problems strike, surgery is often presented as the fastest and safest solution. However, licensed acupuncturist Deborah Graefer said she believes that for many patients, gallbladder ...

A sudden wave of severe abdominal pain late at night or right after a heavy meal is often the very first warning sign of a ...

Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal ...

Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare form of cancer with no signs or symptoms in the early stages. In the U.S., approximately 2,000 people die annually from this condition, with only 20% diagnosed at an ...

Misconceptions about gallbladder removal surgery often cause unnecessary anxiety among patients and may even lead some to ...

Patients with gallstone disease blocking the bile duct (choledochlithiasis) who do not have gall bladder removal in the same hospital admission as endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP) have as ...

Reports Showed That Swelling Of The Gall Bladder Had Caused It To Stick To Other Internal Organs ...

Ahmedabad Civil Hospital’s surgeons successfully performed a challenging laparoscopic surgery on a 31-year-old woman, ...