You may have to take some precautions while caring for your postsurgical wound at home. This includes bathing guidelines. Gallbladder surgery is a procedure that removes your gallbladder. Doctors can ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 9 (UPI) --Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal ...

Bassett Healthcare Network is investing clinical expertise and funding into an emerging method to treat patients suffering from gallbladder issues, according to a news release. Surgeons at Bassett ...

Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. It usually occurs due to a bile duct blockage. Surgery to remove the gallbladder is the main treatment, but other options can help reduce pain and ...

Stabbing pain after gallbladder removal can signal a complication. Examples of these include bile leakage or bile duct injury, retained gallstones, or post-cholecystectomy syndrome. The gallbladder is ...

SANTIAGO, Chile, Sept. 12 (UPI) --Surgeons in Chile performed a pioneering gallbladder operation with the support of the MARS platform, a system that combines precision robotic technology with ...

MercyOne says that robotic-assisted surgery may lead to smaller incisions, less pain and faster recovery times for patients.

Credit: John Hopkins University/Cover Images A surgical robot trained using videos of real procedures has successfully completed a key phase of a gallbladder removal on a lifelike model—without any ...

The gallbladder removal procedure is complex, a minutes-long string of 17 tasks. The robot had to identify certain ducts and arteries and grab them precisely, strategically place clips, and sever ...

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.

Think surgery automatically means spending days in hospital? Not always. Doctors explain how modern techniques are making day surgery a safe and increasingly common option for some procedures you ...