Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

Recovery from open gallbladder surgery, for example, may take up to six weeks, while recovery from laparoscopic surgery may only take a week or two. You can expect to feel some pain while you ...

The standard treatment for these patients is a laparoscopic cholecystectomy ... we did not observe more complications from ...

For instance, patients undergoing early surgery experienced a composite ... Cholecystitis: Inflammation of the gallbladder, often due to gallstones. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A minimally ...

Pediatric surgeon Dr. Steve Rothenberg discusses the Asensus Senhance surgical robotics system's features, benefits and ...