Your gallbladder helps your body break down and store a substance called bile, which helps digest fats. While the gallbladder has a job in the digestion process, it’s not essential for your overall ...

The medical name for this procedure is 'single‑incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy'. Cholecystectomy means the surgical removal of the gallbladder. In this procedure, only 1 cut is usually needed, ...

The most common treatment for gallstones is removing your gallbladder. The gallbladder is not an essential organ, which means that you can live normally without one. It is a storage organ for bile.

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 procedure over standard ...