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Last updated: 11/24/2009
BOOKS
"Cholecystitis," and ""Cholelithiasis." In Ferri's Clinical Advisor, edited by Fred F. Ferri. St. Louis: Mosby, 2001.
Current Surgical Diagnosis & Treatment. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
"The Digestive...
System."Conn's Current Therapy. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2001.
"Diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder, and Bile Ducts." In CecilTextbook of Medicine, edited by Lee Goldman, and J. Claude Bennett. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2000.
"Liver, Biliary Tract, & Pancreas." In Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.
Schwartz, Seymour I. (ed.) Principles of Surgery. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1999.
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This video shows precisely what a surgeon sees during a laparoscopic cholescystectomy. A laparoscopic cholescystectomy is gallbladder removal surgery using small incisions and cameras rather than a large abdominal incision. This video may be difficult for some viewers since it shows surgery on actual human tissue.
In a laparoscopic cholecystectomy, four small incisions are made in the abdomen (A). The abdomen is filled with carbon dioxide, and the surgeon views internal structures with a video monitor (B). The gallbladder is located and cut with laparoscopic scissors (C). It is then removed through an incision (D). (Illustration by GGS Inc.)
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Cholecystectomy (pronounced /ˌkɔləsɪsˈtɛktəmi/, plural: cholecystectomies) is the surgical removal of the gallbladder. Despite the development of non-surgical techniques, it is the most common method for treating symptomatic gallstones, although there are other indications for the procedure, including carcinoma. Each year more than 500,000 Americans have gallbladder surgery. Surgery options include the standard procedure, called laparoscopic cholecystectomy, and an older more invasive procedure, called open cholecystectomy. A cholecystectomy is performed when attempts to treat gallstones with ultrasound to shatter the stones (lithotripsy) or medications to dissolve them have not proved feasible.
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In 2000, Urinary Incontinence affected an estimated 38 percent of women aged 60 or older. Urinary incontinence affected an estimated 17 percent of men aged 60 or older.
From: NKUDIC
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