The gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ in the upper-right abdomen. It stores and releases bile, which is a liquid the liver produces, to support digestion by helping to break down fats. The ...

Gallstones are a common digestive system disease. To assess the effects of laparoscopic and choledochoscopic gallbladder-preserving cholecystolithotomy on the levels of operation indicators, ...

April 21, 2005 — A short course of proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy may result in a significant reduction in gallbladder motility and new-onset biliary symptoms, according to the results of a ...

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 ...

Background: The aim of the present study was to evaluate gallbladder function in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. Methods: The functions of gallbladder were investigated every 30 min for 4 h.

A gallbladder is one of our organs that sometimes we can’t live with anymore, but can live without, especially if it causes medical grief. Then, it is removed. So why do we even have one (even two on ...