Surgeons at UCSF have taken a major step down the path toward less invasive procedures, performing San Francisco’s first gallbladder removal using only a single, small incision hidden within the navel ...

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 ...

Robotic Surgery Procedure Allows the Surgeon to Perform Single-Incision Gallbladder Removal through Belly Button North Charleston, S.C./ June 5, 2012 – Trident Health’s South Carolina Institute for ...

Patients who require gallbladder removal are more likely to have a minimally invasive procedure if they have the surgery during daytime rather than at night, a new study says. The study also found ...

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, ...

(Reuters) -An experimental AI-guided robot can autonomously perform a delicate, complicated phase of a common gallbladder operation, marking a major step toward automated medical procedures, ...

Many women have to undergo gallbladder surgery during pregnancy A gynaecologist explains the risks this can pose to both ...

NEW YORK (July 28, 2008) -- In April of last year, surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center made headlines by removing a women's gallbladder through her uterus ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) covers gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) if a doctor or another healthcare professional deems it medically necessary. Medicare Part A covers open ...

CHICAGO – There is a wide variation in the use of laparoscopic surgery for gall bladder removal in Hong Kong hospitals, and use of this procedure is more likely at certain hospitals and among younger ...

When your gallbladder is blocked and you’re unable to release bile, your gallbladder is at risk of getting infected or swollen. This causes cholecystitis and oftentimes calls for a cholecystostomy if ...