Gallbladder surgery, also known as a cholecystectomy, is often recommended as the best treatment for pain associated with gallstones — hardened deposits that form from bile, the liquid stored in ...

National Health Service surgeons perform more than 40,000 gallstone operations - cholecystectomies - each year. Michell Ainslie, a 30-year-old PA from Morley, Leeds underwent the procedure last month.

Gallstone disease prevalence, types, risks, symptoms, treatment, and prevention strategies, emphasizing the importance of ...

About 25% of people diagnosed with gallstones each year will need treatment. There are several approaches to treating cholesterol stones, but pigment stones almost always require surgery.

An 80-year-old woman underwent unnecessary surgery to remove a gallbladder that had already been removed. Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner Carolyn Cooper highlighted failures in reviewing the ...