The gallbladder is a small organ found on the right side of your body, just under your liver. It helps you digest fats by releasing a liquid known as bile. Abnormal tissue growths on the gallbladder ...

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Background: The management of coincidental detected gallbladder polyps (GP) is still nebulous. There are few published data regarding their long-term growth. Objective of the present study was to ...

Your gallbladder is one of those organs that you probably don’t think too much about — unless something goes wrong. Its main function is to store bile, which helps the body break down and digest the ...

AJR: Recent multisociety guidelines that propose routine polyp surveillance with 2 mm size change as the basis for cholecystectomy are too conservative for clinical use “To our knowledge,” wrote ...

Gallbladder blockages, such as gallstones, can cause severe pain and illness. Other gallbladder problems include bile duct infection and gallbladder cancer. They often require urgent medical attention ...

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All inhabitants aged six years and older were asked to present for examination after a four-hour fasting period. All study participants underwent ultrasound examination of the gallbladder at which ...