A cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder, an organ located just under the liver on the upper right quadrant of the abdomen.The gallbladder stores and concentrates bile, a substance produced by the liver and used to break down fat for digestion.njury to the bile ductâthe tube that carries bile from the gallbladder to the small intestine. During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, insertion of the instruments into the abdomen may injure the intestines or blood vessels.
Suez Crisis. Suez Crisis, (1956), international crisis in the Middle East, precipitated on July 26, 1956, when the Egyptian president, Gamal Abdel Nasser, nationalized the Suez Canal. The canal had been owned by the Suez Canal Company, which was controlled by French and British interests.
In 1854 Ferdinand de Lesseps, a French former diplomat, persuaded the Viceroy of Egypt, Mohamed Said, to permit the construction of a shipping canal through the 100 miles of desert between Africa and Asia. A prospectus was circulated and on 20 December 1858 the Universal Company of the Suez Maritime Canal was constituted.