Question: My gallbladder was removed about five years ago. Since then, I have had persistent stomach problems, such as indigestion and bloating. An upper GI endoscopy showed gastritis. My tests were ...

Gallbladder cancer surgery involves removing the gallbladder. There are several different types of this surgery. In some circumstances, removing the gallbladder may cure a person’s cancer. The ...

Surgery and chemotherapy together improved survival in GIST patients with liver metastases, increasing median cancer-specific ...

In gastrointestinal surgery, robotics has moved beyond being a technological advancement to becoming a preferred approach for precision-driven, minimally invasive care.

The results of a small surgical trial demonstrate that elective transvaginal cholecystectomies are safe and suggest that the evolution of natural orifice surgery is constrained only by the development ...

The first transoral and transvaginal cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal) using Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) have been completed in a multicenter human trial in the ...

An 80-year-old woman underwent surgery for the removal of her gallbladder, only for the surgeon to discover it had already been removed several years earlier. Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner ...

These specialists perform operations for a wide variety of ailments and diseases, and also oversee preoperative and postoperative patient care. Marion C. Johnson, M.D.: breast cancer and surgery, ...

Healthgrades picked 100 hospitals for its “America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Gastrointestinal Surgery” list, released Jan. 17. Healthgrades’ Gastrointestinal Surgery Excellence Award acknowledges ...