1 Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States 2 Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Graduate School of ...

The gallbladder also known as "il-marrara" in Maltese is a pear-shaped organ on the upper right side of the abdomen, just beneath the liver. It may be one of those organs that one may not think about ...

Cholecystitis with incarcerated gallstones (CIG) is a type of acute abdomen in the field of hepatobiliary surgery. Whether gallbladder-preserving surgery (GPS) can be performed to treat it, however, ...

Gallbladder motility was studied by ultrasonography in 33 patients with gallbladder stone and 10 health subjects as controls. Plasma CCK concentration was measured by radioimmunoassay in fasting ...

Mice lacking cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (Cftr) expression have impaired gallbladder emptying and bile acid homeostasis say French scientists. The researchers suggest that ...

Your gallbladder is a small organ tucked beneath your liver in the upper right side of your abdomen. Its main job? Storing bile–a digestive fluid your liver produces to help break down fats. When you ...

When was the last time you thought about your gallbladder? We are constantly reminded to pay attention to our cholesterol levels, our heart health and our risk for cancer. But we do not hear much ...

The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped pouch that sits just under the liver. It stores bile, a fluid produced by the liver. The gallbladder sends bile through ducts to the small intestine to help ...

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Anhui Provincial Children's Hospital, Hefei, China Background: Gallstones are among the most common complications of hereditary spherocytosis (HS). In previous ...