Rising use of weight loss injections may be linked to more gallbladder surgeries. Experts urge caution, deeper research and medical advice before choosing fast weight loss methods.

Dear Dr. Roach: My husband had his gallbladder removed many years ago. In the past few years, he has had six ERCPs to remove gallstones from his bile duct, as he is still making them. He has been told ...

Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research.

Americans’ bad diets are leading many people to have their gallbladders removed because of gallstones. The stones, which can vary in size, are not usually problematic if they are asymptomatic. People ...

Among patients with possible common duct stones, removal of the gall bladder, compared with endoscopic assessment of the common duct followed by gall bladder removal, resulted in a shorter length of ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband’s doctor is telling him to have his gallbladder removed because sometimes he has pain in his right side. They did all kind of tests, but he has pain when he drives long ...

Earlier this month, as many as 345 gallstones were removed from a 51-year-old woman's body via a laparoscopic cholecystectomy conducted by surgeons at Bengaluru's Aster RV Hospital. According to Mayo ...

Pain in the upper right side or middle of the abdomen can indicate various health problems, but one of them is the presence of gallstones. The pain is often described as a sudden, intense, and ...

PHOENIX -- Delaying gallbladder removal after endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for bile duct stones was linked to a more than 14-fold higher risk of biliary complications within 1 ...

Right-side abdominal pain after eating can signal gallstones, liver infection, ulcers or indigestion. Doctor explain causes, ...