The gallbladder concentrates and stores bile as a pear-shaped sac which it can release to help digestion after a fatty meal.
Swallow study after robotic paraesophageal hernia repair
This photo demonstrates a patient the first post-operative day after a type IV Hiatal Hernia performed with combination laparoscopy and robotics. The swallow demonstrates reduction of the hernia as well as free flow of contrast past the Nissen wrap into native stomach.
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Therapeutic Procedures
According to its broadest definition, a therapeutic procedure is any medical or surgical procedure that is performed in order to repair, remove or otherwise heal any previously determined health concern. Common…