Gallbladder cancer is a rare disease that is often difficult to diagnose because the symptoms mimic other conditions and don’t usually appear until later in the disease. As is the case with most cancers, the earlier you catch the disease, the better the treatment outcomes are, so it’s imperative to spot gallbladder cancer before it […]
Postcholecystectomy Syndrome and Life After Gallbladder Surgery
Your gallbladder performs the essential function of storing bile to aid in digestion, but that doesn’t mean your gallbladder is a vital organ. Your body can get along just fine without your gallbladder, but that doesn’t mean everybody has an easy transition to life without their gallbladder. Today, we take a look at postcholecystectomy syndrome […]
Minimally Invasive Gallbladder Surgery Getting Even Smaller
Back in the day, gallbladder surgery was exclusively performed with the open technique. Not only did that type of operation take a bigger toll on the patient’s body, it also left the patient more susceptible to certain surgical risks, like excessive blood loss or infection. Over the years we’ve developed new techniques to reduce the […]
Gallstones Linked To Increased Heart Disease Risk
New research suggests that individuals with a history of gallstone development are at an increased risk for coronary heart disease. Research For their research, the team of medical experts conducted a meta-analysis of seven studies that tracked both gallstone development and the onset of heart disease. The meta-analysis examined more than 840,000 participants from between […]
How and Why Do Gallstones Form?
Your gallbladder is a small sac-like organ located on the righthand side of your body beneath your liver. Its main purpose is to store bile produced by the liver to aid in the digestive process, but sometimes the dispersion of this bile fluid is inhibited by the formation of tiny deposits called gallstones. Today, we […]
