Gallstone disease, also known as cholelithiasis,is a very common digestive problem that affects more than 25 million Americans and results in more than 500,000 surgical procedures each year. While ...

A non-surgical procedure that uses shock waves to break up gallbladder stones has shown early promise bringing relief for some of the estimated 25 million Americans who have gallstones. The procedure, ...

Medically reviewed by Jay N. Yepuri, MD Biliary colic is a medical condition that is also known as a "gallbladder attack."You can take medications to help relieve pain and inflammation that occur with ...

The gallbladder is a small, grape sized, organ attached to the digestive tract. It secretes a fluid called bile into it in response to a meal. Bile emulsifies dietary fats by increasing their exposure ...

Aliso Viejo-based medical device maker Medstone International Inc. is stepping up marketing of its kidney stone break-up machine for a new purpose: removing gallstones in a way that allows people to ...

(UPDATED) In stable CAD patients, using intravascular lithotripsy to break up superficial or deep calcium and pave the way for stent implantation results in good outcomes to 1 year, with low rates of ...

Bouveret's syndrome represents a rare variant of gallstone ileus, where a large gallstone migrates from the gallbladder via a bilioenteric fistula and becomes impacted in the duodenum or stomach, ...