OU Medical Center Edmond is the first hospital in the state to offer a single incision gall bladder removal utilizing the daVinci Surgical System. This advanced surgical technique recently was ...

Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System, was the first surgeon in the U.S. to remove a gallbladder through a patient’s belly button, according to a UCSD ...

Gall bladder removal is commonly done through a few tiny incisions and several laparoscopic tools, but Dr. Jerry Stirman at Rex Hospital can do the procedure with one tiny incision in the belly button ...

PinnacleHealth said its bariatric surgeon, Dr. Luciano DiMarco, removed a diseased gallbladder through a single incision near a patient’s belly button in March. The surgery was held on Thursday, March ...

Surgery is the most effective treatment for gallstones. Nonsurgical treatments are options if surgery is too risky. Healthy ...

Original Medicare (parts A and B) covers gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy) if a doctor or another healthcare professional deems it medically necessary. Medicare Part A covers open ...

Most people who undergo gallbladder removal, or cholecystectomy, experience no long-lasting symptoms after the procedure. But some people continue to have digestive symptoms after surgery, sometimes ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...

Most people do not experience any long-term effects of gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy). However, in some cases, people may develop other health conditions or continue to experience symptoms ...