The liver is located on the right side of your body ... the right lobe has a projection that goes down to the gallbladder. Another variation is when the left side of the liver is elongated ...

It forms after red blood cells break down and travel through your liver, gallbladder, and digestive tract before excretion. The condition of having high bilirubin levels is called hyperbilirubinemia.

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...