Subtotal Cholecystectomy Appears Safe and Effective, But Long-Term Data Still Needed

Ever increasing in popularity, subtotal cholecystectomy offers surgeons a viable and attractive option in difficult ...

MARCH 17, 2025

2-Minute Drill: Simple Tip for Gallbladder Retraction During Cholecystectomy

Guest Expert: Elias Chousleb, MD

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

CBD Transection in Robotic Cholecystectomy

Iatrogenic Bile Duct Injury with Loss of Confluence (Strasberg E4) in Robotic Cholecystectomy with ICG: A ...

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Surgical Intelligence Closes Critical View of Safety Gap in Lap Chole

WASHINGTON—The introduction of a surgical intelligence platform led to full adoption of critical view of ...

JUNE 17, 2024

Da Vinci to the Rescue: Advancing Minimally Invasive Surgery in Elective and Emergency Settings

In this Special Report, 3 expert robotic-assisted surgeons discuss the advantages of the da ...

JANUARY 4, 2024

Prevention of Bile Duct Injury

At the 2022 annual meeting of SAGES, Dr. Michael Brunt, professor of surgery at Washington University School of ...

MAY 10, 2022

Rates of Cholecystectomy for Gallbladder Pancreatitis Low

Adherence to best practices for cholecystectomy in patients with gallstone pancreatitis is low and has not changed ...

JANUARY 27, 2022

Total Practice, Total Program: Cholecystectomy, Expanded Access, and Acute Care Surgery With the da Vinci Surgical System

Robotic-assisted surgery with da Vinci systems provides a total practice solution from cholecystectomies to ...

JANUARY 19, 2022

The ‘Difficult’ Gallbladder: Approaches to Different Clinical Scenarios

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, one of the most commonly performed and straightforward operations for the general ...

JANUARY 18, 2022

New Report Favors Early Cholecystectomy for Acute Cholecystitis

Nearly three-fourths of patients admitted for acute cholecystitis at hospitals in the United States wait more than ...

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Study Explores Timing Of Cholecystectomy in Mild Gallstone Pancreatitis

Dallas—Patients with mild gallstone pancreatitis who underwent cholecystectomy within 24 hours of admission ...

JUNE 17, 2019

The Disappearing Cholecystectomy Incisions

In my opinion, the da Vinci Xi (Intuitive Surgical) robotic surgical platform is the most stable and most ...

OCTOBER 30, 2018