Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new review article examines five interventions for treating gallbladder disease, including recently developed ...

(HealthDay)—For patients with noncholecystitis (NC) gallbladder disease who are poor surgical candidates, endoscopic ultrasound‑guided transluminal gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) appears to be safe ...

Patients with acute cholecystitis who are unsuitable for cholecystectomy undergo conservative treatment or percutaneous transhepatic gallbladder drainage. As these two methods are not always ...

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Determination of Severity of Acute Cholecystitis. Comparison of Access-Port Locations and Diameters for Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Mini-Laparoscopic ...

Acute cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. The most common cause of acute cholecystitis is gallstones (calculous cholecystitis) blocking the duct that drains the gallbladder (cystic duct) ...

This procedure can be used for acute cholecystitis when surgery is not an option because it works well and there are no serious concerns about its safety in this condition. Acute cholecystitis is ...

Surgery has been developing very dynamically in the last two decades. Progress is due not only to advances in medical sciences, but also the development of new technologies. Wide popularization of ...

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of the M42 group, marks a new milestone in treating acute cholecystitis in a 90-year-old patient with comorbidities using an advanced ...

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 ...

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