Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

Many women have to undergo gallbladder surgery during pregnancy A gynaecologist explains the risks this can pose to both ...

CHICAGO – There is a wide variation in the use of laparoscopic surgery for gall bladder removal in Hong Kong hospitals, and use of this procedure is more likely at certain hospitals and among younger ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new surgical technique that involves "mini" incisions may not offer many advantages over the already minimally invasive standard, suggests a new review of studies ...

Surgeons at UCSF have taken a major step down the path toward less invasive procedures, performing San Francisco’s first gallbladder removal using only a single, small incision hidden within the navel ...

Recovery from gallbladder surgery is usually quick and has few complications. You can live without a gallbladder while making some changes to your diet or lifestyle. Gallbladder removal surgery ...

In a retrospective analysis utilizing National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) records, about 3.7% of patients who underwent laparoscopy for gallbladder surgery experienced complications ...

While robotic laparoscopic surgical systems do make certain procedures safer and less invasive, those systems are still operated by human surgeons. Now, however, a surgical robot has performed a ...