gallbladder
Noun
Meaning
a muscular sac attached to the liver that stores bile (secreted by the liver) until it is needed for digestion
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In OBGYN residency programs, the average laparoscopy-to-laparotomy quotient (LPQ) is 0.55. citation The first transatlantic surgery (Lindbergh Operation) ever performed was a laparoscopic gallbladder removal.
Six days after the Tigers’ playoff loss against Onalaska, she was having laparoscopic surgery to have her gallbladder removed.
“Most commonly, their bile is drained from their gallbladder using a metal tube through a surgically created opening in the bear’s abdomen.”
Health consequences of the condition include fatigue, high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, diabetes and gallbladder disease, most of which are the same long-term complications from obesity.
If you suffer from gallbladder disease but there are no stones, this is the name of the disease.
In some cases organs close to the chest, such as the stomach or gallbladder can cause pain in the chest.