When your gallbladder is blocked and you’re unable to release bile, your gallbladder is at risk of getting infected or swollen. This causes cholecystitis and oftentimes calls for a cholecystostomy if ...

We’ve seen increases in all of the risk factors in recent years. So, it’s unsurprising that we’ve seen a corresponding uptick ...

When there’s a hole in any part of the bile duct, it can leak bile. This can occur during some procedures or due to injury. A bile duct is a tube-like structure that connects through your liver, ...

Diabetics face grave risks from untreated gallstones, potentially leading to severe infections or gallbladder rupture. Nerve damage from high blood sugar can mask pain, allowing conditions to worsen ...

Calculous cholecystitis is a gallbladder inflammation that occurs due to the presence of gallstones (cholelithiasis). These gallstones can block the cystic duct, the channel through which bile flows ...

SMS hospitalJaipur: The city’s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital successfully performed a rare, high-risk laparoscopic surgery on a 106-year-old woman, removing her gallbladder and extracting stones from ...

Biliary pancreatitis occurs when gallstones develop in your gallbladder and block the duct that leads through your pancreas to your small intestines. Gallstones develop from hardened pieces of ...