PHOENIX -- Delaying gallbladder removal after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for bile duct stones was ...

You likely already know that gallstones can be notoriously painful and disproportionately affect women. But if you’re ...

A robotic surgical system such as the one pictured here was trained by Johns Hopkins researchers to successfully perform lengthy gallbladder removal procedures without human help, according to a study ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

We’ve seen increases in all of the risk factors in recent years. So, it’s unsurprising that we’ve seen a corresponding uptick ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A teen in Memphis had to have her gallbladder removed and Hot Cheetos may be to blame. Rene Craighead, 17, estimates she was eating about four bags a day of different spicy flavored ...

For patients with gallstones blocking the bile duct, delays in gall bladder removal are linked to substantially higher complications.

A 16 STONE mum lost half her body weight after becoming so obese her gallbladder had to be removed. Courtney Boxill, 31, weighed 16st and 6lbs at her heaviest and was a size 22. The mum-of-two ...

The U.S. FDA granted 510(k) clearance to Distalmotion SA's Dexter, its surgical robotic system, for use in cholecystectomy in adults. The greenlight from the regulatory body is the second nod Dexter ...