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.
On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal was opened to navigation. Ferdinand de Lesseps would later attempt, unsuccessfully, to build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama. When it opened, the Suez Canal was only 25 feet deep, 72 feet wide at the bottom, and 200 to 300 feet wide at the surface.