Surgery is not always necessary for gallstones but may be needed depending on symptom severity and/or the size of your ...

The most common treatment for gallstones is removing your gallbladder. The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means that you can live normally without one. It is a storage organ for bile.

The stone formed in the gall bladder is called gall bladder stone. The gall bladder is a small organ below the liver on the ...

Gallstones, hernias and appendicitis are turning up earlier than before. Doctors explain how sedentary lives, processed diets and weight gain are driving more surgical cases ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A Frankford woman found out the hard way not to ignore stomach pain. Shakina Hawkins said she feared going to the hospital because of the pandemic and because of that her ...

Gall bladder is called the gall bladder. Gall bladder plays an important role in digestion. Gall bladder is located below the ...

IF GALLSTONES remain in the gall bladder, according to Cheever, 1 "sooner or later, if their host lives long enough, they will cause damage of a serious nature." With this statement there can be only ...

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