This is one of the largest series of laparoscopy-assisted and total laparoscopy operations presented so far. [9 13] In contrast to other publications, we did not exclude patients who were part of our ...

In 1992 Dion et al. successfully tried the first laparoscopic procedure on the abdominal aorta [1]. Despite development of surgical tools and training of a substantial number of surgeons able to ...

Natural body orifices such as the vagina and rectum offer concealed access points for potentially scar-free laparoscopic surgery (so-called 'natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery'). Gill and ...

One-port, single-incision laparoscopy is part of the natural development of minimally invasive surgery. Refinement and modification of laparoscopic instrumentation has resulted in a substantial ...

Laparoscopy, a minimally invasive surgical technique, has become the standard of care for many procedures such as prostatectomies and appendectomies due to its benefits, including faster recovery ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a minimal-access technique that allows the hernia repair to be undertaken without the need to open the abdominal wall. Small incisions are made for the laparoscope and ...

If skin is the body's fortress against germ invaders, shouldn't minimally invasive surgeries -- operations guided by camera probes, conducted entirely within the abdomen -- carry less risk for serious ...

The first laparoscopic splenectomy in a child was performed by Tulman in 1993 [1]. During the following years laparoscopic splenectomy became a gold standard in many centres [2, 3]. In our department ...

In the following paper we describe our experience with a large number of patients in which either a laparoscopic assisted procedure or a total laparoscopic operation was performed. From 1996 until ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a minimal-access technique that allows the hernia repair to be undertaken without the need to open the abdominal wall. Small incisions are made for the laparoscope and ...