But the potential market is huge: More than 500,000 Americans undergo conventional gallbladder removal every year. Single-incision surgery takes roughly the same amount of time as multiple-incision ...

Reducing risks of gallbladder and other operations with Canadian technology assembled in Richmond, BC By Pamela Fayerman Published May 14, 2015 3 minute read ...

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 ...

Removal of the gallbladder is necessary in persistent and painful cases. A small and non-essential organ, the gallbladder stores and releases bile as part of the digestive process.

ST. PAUL, Minn., July 9 (UPI) -- Efforts to train robots to perform certain kinds of surgical procedures without human help have reached a "critical milestone" with successful gallbladder removal ...

3 The procedure 3.1 Single‑incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy aims to remove the gallbladder through a single incision, which is usually made near the umbilicus. The claimed benefits of this ...

This is the most common gall bladder removal surgery performed because it is less invasive, which results in a shorter recovery time. After putting you under general anaesthesia, the surgeon will ...

What if it needs to be removed? Patients with gallstones which are causing pain may have to have their gallbladder removed, and the removal procedure is known as a cholecystectomy.