Patients with gallstone disease blocking the bile duct (choledochlithiasis) who do not have gall bladder removal in the same hospital admission as endoscopic retrograde pancreatography (ERCP) have as ...

Rajveer, * a 52-year-old first-generation immigrant businessman who lives in New Mexico, recently had sudden, severe upper right abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and pain radiating to the right ...

Many people think of the gallbladder as a "secondary" organ in the body. In fact, it plays an important role in the digestive ...

Gallstones are hardened deposits that develop inside the gallbladder. Most gallstones do not cause symptoms and may never require treatment. However, a stone can sometimes move out of the gallbladder ...

In the United States, approximately 55% of resected gallbladder cancer (GBC) patients undergo oncologic surgery without additional systemic treatment. However, as GBC progresses to the advanced tumor ...

When gallbladder problems strike, surgery is often presented as the fastest and safest solution. However, licensed acupuncturist Deborah Graefer said she believes that for many patients, gallbladder ...