Lurking half-hidden behind the lower edge of the liver, the pear-shaped gall bladder serves as a storehouse for an essential substance—the thick, greenish bile (or gall) that the liver manufactures to ...
The gallbladder acts as a storage reservoir for bile, a fluid essential for breaking down dietary fats. Biliary colic often strikes after fatty meals when the organ contracts against a blockage. Pain ...
Huntington Hospital reports performing New York’s first single-port robotic gallbladder removal. The hospital reports completing Suffolk’s first single-port thoracic operation. Single-port surgery ...