Gallbladder problems are a common complication in individuals with sickle cell disease. These issues often arise due to the breakdown of red blood cells and the subsequent formation of gallstones or ...

Most people with gallbladder polyps do not experience symptoms. Doctors usually discover the polyps incidentally on ultrasound or CT scans. Although some gallbladder polyps can develop into cancer ...

In the past, common procedures such as gallbladder removal could mean a night or more in the hospital, and weeks of painful ...

gallbladder and pancreatic diseases and offers greater accuracy compared to traditional imaging methods such as ultrasound, CT scan and MRI. Spearheading this is Bicol Region’s first and only ...

Methods: A total of 2,415 subjects (1,261 women; 1,154 men) underwent ultrasound examination of the gallbladder, in November 1996 as part of a prospective study. Subjects in whom GP were detected ...

Biliary colic (also known as a "gallbladder attack") is abdominal ... During the ESWL procedure, ultrasound or X-ray imaging is used to target the gallstones. A lithotripter device creates shock ...

Sixty-two subjects (2.4%) were excluded because of inability to adequately visualize the gallbladder, while one subject (0.04%) was found to have both a gallbladder stone and a gallbladder polyp.

Ultrasound: An abdominal ultrasound is the best noninvasive test for detecting gallstones in the gallbladder. An ultrasound uses sound waves to create images of your organs. It is a simple, safe and ...

A pensioner who had been paralysed from the chest down for 30 years found out she had a bladder stone the same size as a baseball in her abdomen after undergoing an ultrasound. The 72-year-old ...

Gangrenous cholecystitis is considered a medical emergency, requiring surgical removal of the gallbladder. An imaging test that allows for the visualization of bile movement through the bile duct ...