Cholelithiasis can lead to serious complications. It is therefore important to schedule surgery at the appropriate time, emphasizes Dr. Alexandros Giakoustidis, General Surgeon specializing in liver, ...

The gallbladder plays a quiet but critical role in digestion, and when this organ malfunctions, it sends specific distress signals that require attention.

Patients with sludge- or microlithiasis-induced acute pancreatitis (AP) had significantly lower rates of pancreaticobiliary complications than those with gallstone-induced AP. "The lower complication ...

My patient’s symptoms are consistent with biliary dysfunction (right-upper-quadrant pain after eating), and an N-para-isopropyl-acetanilide-iminodiacetic acid (PIPIDA) scan shows mild dysfunction. An ...