The timing of laparoscopic cholecystectomy after ERCP should be individualized for each patient. Several factors should be considered. First, preoperative ERCP is indicated only in those patients with ...
During the past 20 years, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has largely replaced open cholecystectomy as the standard treatment for symptomatic gallstones. In either technique, the surgeon must safely ...
Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder. Doctors usually treat cholecystitis by surgically removing this organ, known as a cholecystectomy. Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder, ...