You have had a drain placed in your biliary system, which you will need to care for until it is removed. This will include daily flushing the tube as well as cleaning the tube site and changing the ...

When your gallbladder is blocked and you’re unable to release bile, your gallbladder is at risk of getting infected or swollen. This causes cholecystitis and oftentimes calls for a cholecystostomy if ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gallbladder drainage (EUS-GBD) should be considered for patients with acute cholecystitis who are unable to undergo surgery, according to a recent clinical practice update ...

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 ...

Advances in gallbladder surgery are improving outcomes in high-risk patients, informs Dr. Anushtup De, senior consultant & head - general & minimally invasive surgery, Sarvodaya Hospital, Faridabad.

THE preoperative diagnosis of gaseous cholecystitis has been comparatively rare, and in the absence of surgical or post-mortem examination, its detection is only possible by roentgenographic ...