A recent study conducted by Mayo Clinic researchers recommends laparoscopic cholecystectomies (surgical removal of the gallbladder) for pediatric patients suffering from gallstones and other ...

New Rochelle, NY, August 8, 2012—Laparoscopic management of gallbladder disease offers a less invasive alternative to open surgery. Surgical outcomes continue to improve as new techniques and tools ...

LOS ANGELES — 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 ...

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 ...

A surgical team at UC San Diego Health has completed the first series of operations with a novel surgical system that can remove a diseased gallbladder through a single incision hidden in the belly ...

Doctors in New York have removed a woman's gallbladder with instruments passed through her vagina, a technique they hope will cause less pain and scarring than the usual operation, and allow a quicker ...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomies (surgical removal of the gallbladder) has been recommended by experts for pediatric patients suffering from gallstones and other gallbladder diseases. "We are refining ...