Examples of these include bile leakage or bile duct injury, retained gallstones, or post-cholecystectomy syndrome. The gallbladder is a small pear-shaped organ that stores and helps to concentrate ...

Background Selective approach for sending cholecystectomy specimens for histopathology results in missing discrete pathologies such as premalignant benign lesions such as porcelain gallbladder ...

Methods: Between January 1996 and December 2006, 44 patients with biliary leakages and 12 patients with biliary strictures after cholecystectomy were identified by analyzing the endoscopic ...

Cholecystectomy is usually laparoscopic surgery. To do this type of surgery, a doctor puts a lighted tube, or scope, and other surgical tools through small cuts (incisions) in your belly. The doctor ...

Doctors may refer to gallbladder removal surgery as cholecystectomy ... The cost is $0 after meeting the Part A annual deductible, which is $1,676 in 2025 for each inpatient hospital benefit ...

A recent ground-breaking study found that routine cholangiography reduced the odds of bile duct injuries and increased the ...

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