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 ...

Background: The development of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) has been one of the surgical advances in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. The procedure aims to combine the ...

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 ...

Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Determination of Severity of Acute Cholecystitis. Comparison of Access-Port Locations and Diameters for Conventional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy, Mini-Laparoscopic ...

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 ...

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. This may be used to treat women with various conditions including chronic pelvic pain, heavy periods, fibroids, or cancer of the uterus or the ...

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 ...