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Laparoscopic Abdomino-perineal Resection Followed by Early Postoperative Acute Small Bowel Obstruction- A Case Report with Review of Literature [PDF]
Abdominoperineal Resection (APR) is the long established therapeutic surgical procedure for cancers of the lower rectum. With the advent of minimal access surgery, APR too has come under its ambit.
M Vinoth, Abhijit Joshi
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Cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of surgical repair of inguinal hernia [PDF]
Objectives: To assess the relative cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic methods of inguinal hernia repair compared with open flat mesh and open non-mesh repair.
Aitola, P. +20 more
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Laparoscopic adrenalectomy has already been described by various authors. The present series consists of 25 consecutive, nonselected cases operated on in the Department of Surgery, University of Pisa. All operations were carried out using a minimal access technique, and there were no conversions to open surgery. The mean operative time was 109 min. The
MICCOLI, PAOLO +4 more
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Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a highly fatal malignancy with rapidly increasing incidence and mortality worldwide. Currently, gemcitabine-based systemic chemotherapy is the main clinical therapeutic
He Hui +6 more
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Key Clinical Message We describe the case of an esophagopericardial fistula generated after endoscopic submucosal dissection in a patient affected by a superficial esophageal squamous cell carcinoma immediately treated with percutaneous pericardial ...
Davide Bona +4 more
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Thirteen patients underwent laparoscopic dismembered pyeloplasty at our institution. The operative time ranged from 4 to 8 (mean 5.4) hours with minimal blood loss. Two patients developed transient edema necessitating temporary drainage. The mean requirement for morphine postoperatively was 32 mg.
R N, Chen, R G, Moore, L R, Kavoussi
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Recent advances in minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery [PDF]
Laparoscopy has improved surgical treatment of various diseases due to its limited surgical trauma and has developed as an interesting therapeutic alternative for the resection of colorectal cancer.
Wichmann, Mathias W. +9 more
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Mucoadhesive polymer films for tissue retraction in laparoscopic surgery : ex-vivo study on their mechanical properties [PDF]
This work was financially supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), UK, under Grant EP/H010033/1 and the Royal Society (GJF).Safe and effective manipulation of soft tissue during laparoscopic procedures can be achieved ...
Florence, Gordon John +10 more
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Renovascular hypertension is an unusual but treatable cause of refractory hypertension that is infrequently caused by external compression of the renal vasculature by a giant hydatid cyst, a parasitic infection, caused by Echinococcus granulosus in its ...
Awaji Qasim Alnami +6 more
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AbstractBackgroundLaparoscopic adrenalectomy (LA) has become the procedure of choice for small benign lesions. Compared with open adrenalectomy (OA), it appears to achieve superior results in terms of recovery, cosmesis and morbidity.MethodsA Medline literature search (PubMed database, 1990–2003) was undertaken to identify relevant English language ...
A, Assalia, M, Gagner
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