Background: Robotic-assisted surgery is becoming increasingly used in colorectal operations. It has many advantages over laparoscopic surgery including three-dimensional viewing, motion scaling, improved dexterity and ergonomics as well as increased ...
Leah Ellis Wells +2 more
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Preoperative and Intraoperative Risk Factors for Conversion of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy to Open Cholecystectomy: A Systematic Review of 30 Studies [PDF]
This systematic review aims to review articles that evaluate the risk of conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy and to analyze the identified preoperative and intraoperative risk factors. The bibliographic databases CINAHL, Cochrane, Embase,
Wysocki, Arkadiusz P. +4 more
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Late open conversion after endovascular abdominal aortic repair: a 20-year experience [PDF]
BACKGROUND: With the increasing use of endovascular aortic repair, secondary interventions after aortic stent grafting remain a concern. We retrospectively reviewed open conversion cases with complications following endovascular abdominal aortic repair ...
이삭 +5 more
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The Effect of Resection Methods on Outcomes in Colorectal Cancers: Does Conversion Matter?
Aim: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the short- and long-term outcomes of patients undergoing conversion from laparoscopy to open surgery compared to other methods (laparoscopy and open surgery).
Umut Eren Erdoğdu, Hacı Murat Çaycı
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Complete response of locally advanced left-sided pancreatic cancer after modified FOLFIRINOX chemotherapy followed by conversion surgery: A case report [PDF]
For years, neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic cancer is being investigated and radical surgical resection with laparoscopic approach is getting up to speed.
강창무, 김선정, 박정엽
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Open thoracic surgery: video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) conversion to thoracotomy
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) approaches are becoming a mainstream technique within the discipline of thoracic surgery. Just as valuable however is to consider when VATS should not be considered, and even more important, when a case that began as VATS should be converted to thoracotomy, and if so, then how.
John Agzarian, Yaron Shargall
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Reasons for transition to open surgery in laparoscopic cholecystectomy [PDF]
Aim: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a minimally invasive surgical technique that has become widespread since the 1980s. Many factors are effective in the conversion to open surgery.
Mehmet Biçer +7 more
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Laparoscopic surgery versus open surgery for colon cancer: short-term outcomes of a randomised trial [PDF]
BACKGROUND: The safety and short-term benefits of laparoscopic colectomy for cancer remain debatable. The multicentre COLOR (COlon cancer Laparoscopic or Open Resection) trial was done to assess the safety and benefit of laparoscopic resection compared ...
Msika, S. +25 more
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FACTORS LEADING TO CONVERSION OF LAPAROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY TO OPEN CHOLECYSTECTOMY
Objective: To evaluate the various factors leading to conversion of laparoscopic cholecystectomy to open cholecystectomy. Study Design: Comparative cross-sectional study.
Muhammad Zubair +5 more
doaj
Laparoscopic bowel resection of deep infiltrating endometriosis. Comparative outcomes of a public teaching hospital and a referral private hospital [PDF]
Purpose To compare the operative outcomes of laparoscopic surgical treatment for bowel endometriosis in a public teaching hospital versus in a private referral hospital.
Rogério Serafim Parra +7 more
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