Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Robotic-assisted cholecystectomy correlated with a higher risk for bile duct injury and other serious ...

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

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 ...

October 11, 2007 (New Orleans) — Laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed on slightly younger, healthier patients in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) is safe and significantly less costly than in ...