Gallstones are hardened deposits that develop inside the gallbladder. Most gallstones do not cause symptoms and may never require treatment. However, a stone can sometimes move out of the gallbladder ...

Background: 10% to 18% of patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallstones have common bile duct (CBD) stones. Treatment options for these stones include pre- or post-operative endoscopic retrograde ...

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It is not uncommon to be told during an abdominal ultrasound as part of a health checkup that you have gallstones. Gallstones ...

A 63-year-old woman's recurrent abdominal pain was blamed on bile duct stones, but surgeons discovered a rare precancerous ...

Large and impacted biliary stones can be difficult to fragment and remove using conventional techniques such as ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY (ERCP). A Canadian group has ...

Many people think of the gallbladder as a "secondary" organ in the body. In fact, it plays an important role in the digestive process: it stores ...