The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ in the upper-right abdomen. It stores and releases bile, which is a liquid the liver produces, to support digestion by helping to break down fats. The ...

A gallbladder is one of our organs that sometimes we can’t live with anymore, but can live without, especially if it causes medical grief. Then, it is removed. So why do we even have one (even two on ...

What's the Digestive System? Your digestive system is a group of connected organs that work together to turn the food you eat into nutrients your body needs to function. It includes your biliary ...

Your gallbladder is located in the upper right region of your stomach. Its function is to store bile that’s produced by your liver. Gallstones are the most common conditions affecting your gallbladder ...

Gallstones are a common digestive system disease. To assess the effects of laparoscopic and choledochoscopic gallbladder-preserving cholecystolithotomy on the levels of operation indicators, ...

Gallbladder disease can include gallstones, cholecystitis, cancer, and other diseases that affect gallbladder function. A buildup of bile can prevent the gallbladder from emptying and cause ...

April 21, 2005 — A short course of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy may result in a significant reduction in gallbladder motility and new-onset biliary symptoms, according to the results of a ...

IT has been known for some time that after an attack of acute pancreatitis an intrinsically "normal" gall bladder may not function temporarily (as evidenced by cholecystography). 1 As far as we are ...