Laparoscopic surgery for adhesive small-bowel obstruction is not superior to open surgery, with similar recurrence rates and ...
The co-occurrence of a giant Morgagni hernia (MH) and a large hiatal hernia (HH) is exceedingly rare. We describe key operative steps of simultaneous surgical treatment of a large MH and HH, including ...
April 11, 2003 — Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is no more likely to relieve chronic abdominal pain than is diagnostic laparoscopy, according to the results of a blinded, randomized trial published in the ...
The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...
Laparoscopic surgery is also called minimally invasive surgery, keyhole surgery or bandaid surgery. Laparoscopic procedures can be performed using small incisions of around 0.5 to 1.5 cm that can be ...
Pancreatic cancer remains an important cause of cancer-related deaths. The majority of patients are unresectable due to liver metastases, peritoneal metastases or local invasion of vascular structures ...
A post-surgery wound needs to be tended with care, as it can lead to infections. A laparoscopic surgeon shares his insights ...
An otherwise healthy four-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department by his mother several hours after he had an unwitnessed fall at home. He had been playing with his friends, when they ...
Global laparoscopic devices (incl. MIS robotic systems) will grow from $21B in 2025 to ~$37B by 2031, driven by ...