Post-cholecystectomy pain (abdominal pain after gallbladder removal) is a common clinical problem. More than 700,000 patients undergo cholecystectomy each year in the United States, and at least 10 ...

The first transoral and transvaginal cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal) using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) have been completed in a multicenter human trial in the ...

California doctors removed a woman's gallbladder through her mouth using a new surgical technique, the Los Angeles Times reported. This woman’s surgery, called NOTES, or natural orifice translumenal ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 42-year-old woman has undergone a rare procedure in which surgeons removed her gallbladder through her vagina. The procedure was done in August by a surgical team at Ohio State ...

As part of the trend in developing surgeries without external wounds, surgeons last week removed a woman's gallbladder through her mouth. The operation was performed as part of a clinical trial at UC ...

Endoscopic ultrasound procedure (EUS) is a minimally-invasive procedure using an endoscope with an ultrasound camera at the tip of it to evaluate the layers of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. With ...

French surgeons successfully removed a woman’s gall bladder through her vagina, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The history of ...

PORTLAND — A surgeon has performed the country’s first operation to remove a patient’s gallbladder through her mouth. Operating on a 35-year-old woman, Dr. Lee Swanstrom threaded tiny instruments ...

A recent study found intraoperative imaging did not reduce the risk of common-duct injury during gallbladder removal surgery, according to a MedPage Today report. Researchers viewed 92,000 cases and ...

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband had his gallbladder removed many years ago. In the past few years, he has had six ERCPs to remove gallstones from his bile duct, as he is still making them. He has been told ...

Trichy: MGMGH doctors saved the life of a 27-year-old woman, who was eight weeks pregnant, by performing an emergency endoscopic procedure to remove gallbladder stones and pus.The woman was admitted ...