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A surgical robot has helped a team at Maidstone Hospital carry out a record number of gallbladder operations in a single day.

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches, a large ...

More than 60 epidemiologic studies have investigated a possible relation between cholecystectomy and colon cancer risk. However, the strength of any association remains uncertain because of the small ...

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. Doctors usually treat cholecystitis by surgically removing this organ, known as a cholecystectomy. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, ...

This study, based on information contained in two Swedish databases, provides information on the preferred timing of cholecystectomy in morbidly obese patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

In Medicare beneficiaries with varying levels of risk for adverse postoperative outcomes, the rate of bile duct injury is three times higher with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy than with ...

Background: The use of elective cholecystectomy has increased dramatically following the widespread adoption of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. We sought to determine whether this increase has resulted ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis was associated with reduced risks for surgical site infection (SSIs) and readmissions in children ...

A person may require gallbladder removal surgery if other treatments do not relieve the inflammation and pain from gallstones and related issues. Cholecystectomy is the medical term for gallbladder ...

While rates of bile duct injury were similar with robotic-assisted cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy among adults receiving acute care surgery, the robotic-assisted approach was ...