Surgeons at UCSF have taken a major step down the path toward less invasive procedures, performing San Francisco’s first gallbladder removal using only a single, small incision hidden within the navel ...

Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System, was the first surgeon in the U.S. to remove a gallbladder through a patient’s belly button, according to a UCSD ...

OU Medical Center Edmond is the first hospital in the state to offer a single incision gall bladder removal utilizing the daVinci Surgical System. This advanced surgical technique recently was ...

Gall bladder removal is commonly done through a few tiny incisions and several laparoscopic tools, but Dr. Jerry Stirman at Rex Hospital can do the procedure with one tiny incision in the belly button ...

PinnacleHealth said its bariatric surgeon, Dr. Luciano DiMarco, removed a diseased gallbladder through a single incision near a patient’s belly button in March. The surgery was held on Thursday, March ...

Surgery is the most effective treatment for gallstones. Nonsurgical treatments are options if surgery is too risky. Healthy ...

Gallbladder removal surgery rarely leads to hormonal imbalance, but this is one potential risk. After gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy), your body might feel a little off. You might be ...