Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first autonomous surgery guided by artificial intelligence is performed in Chile. Photo courtesy of Levita Magnetics SANTIAGO, ...

Not giving patients antibiotics after surgery to remove an inflamed and enlarged gallbladder did not lead to a greater incidence of infections, according to a study published in JAMA. About 20 percent ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A robotic surgical system such as the one pictured here was trained by Johns Hopkins researchers to successfully perform lengthy ...

The painful spasms of a gallbladder attack often begin suddenly (sometimes after eating a fatty meal) and may last several hours. The attack is caused by one or more gallstones getting stuck in the ...

Although surgery is a common treatment for patients diagnosed with biliary dyskinesia, or functional gallbladder disorder, a medical researcher is questioning why the practice has become so widespread ...

Huntington Hospital reports performing New York’s first single-port robotic gallbladder removal. The hospital reports completing Suffolk’s first single-port thoracic operation. Single-port surgery ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under control. I have ...

Fenestrating and reconstituting techniques for subtotal cholecystectomy show no significant difference in long-term outcomes. Cystic duct closure in fenestrating procedures reduced postoperative bile ...

Rapid weight loss injections like Wegovy and Mounjaro are gaining buzz as people look for quick ways to shed kilos. But health experts in the UK are now flagging a rise in gallbladder surgery cases ...

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The gall bladder is a small pouch behind the liver, deep within the abdomen, making physical detection nearly impossible ...

Gallbladder surgeries have increased in recent years for biliary dyskinesia, or functional gallbladder disorder, but Dr. Bryan Richmond with WVU questions whether these surgeries are necessary in new ...