Gall bladder removal is commonly done through a few tiny incisions and several laparoscopic tools, but Dr. Jerry Stirman at Rex Hospital can do the procedure with one tiny incision in the belly button ...

Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of minimally invasive surgery at UC San Diego Health System, was the first surgeon in the U.S. to remove a gallbladder through a patient’s belly button, according to a UCSD ...

OU Medical Center Edmond is the first hospital in the state to offer a single incision gall bladder removal utilizing the daVinci Surgical System. This advanced surgical technique recently was ...

SANANTONIO -- Gall bladder disease is so common in San Antonio that our city is considered the gall bladder capital of the United States. Now, one local surgeon is using a new technique to treat the ...

Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has emerged over the past decade as an evolution of standard multi-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy, seeking to reduce visible scarring and ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - Gall bladder patients at Missoula's Community Medical Center now have minimally invasive surgery option and it's on the cutting edge. It's called the Da Vinci Surgical System, and ...

On March 14, 2026, Shanghai East International Medical Center (SEIMC) achieved a major milestone in global minimally invasive biliary treatment by successfully completing its first overseas clinical ...