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Methods and Tools for Objective Assessment of Psychomotor Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Training and assessment paradigms for laparoscopic surgical skills are evolving from traditional mentor–trainee tutorship towards structured, more objective and safer programs.
Magdalena K. Chmarra   +22 more
core   +1 more source

Perforated Subhepatic Appendix Presenting as a Gas under Diaphragm: Clinical Diagnostic Challenges for Surgical Residents: A Case Report

open access: yesJournal of Nobel Medical College, 2023
This study addresses the rarity of the subhepatic location of the appendix, found in only 0.08% of cases, and the infrequent occurrence of perforated appendicitis presenting with gas under the diaphragm. When these two uncommon conditions coincide in the
Dipak Kumar Yadav   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Laparoscopic partial adrenalectomy for bilateral pheochromocytomas in a boy with von Hippel-Lindau disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Objectives: In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas in an 8-year-old boy with von Hippel ...
Elsner, Romy   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Virtual reality training and assessment in laparoscopic rectum surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: Virtual-reality (VR) based simulation techniques offer an efficient and low cost alternative to conventional surgery training. This article describes a VR training and assessment system in laparoscopic rectum surgery.
Yang, X.   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Systematic review of economic evaluations of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Objective Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers and the standard surgical treatment for this cancer is open resection (OS), but laparoscopic surgery (LS) may be an alternative treatment.
Fraser, Cynthia Mary   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Minimally invasive surgery for choledochal cysts: Laparoscopic versus robotic approaches [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Backgrounds/aims: Minimally invasive surgery is a widely accepted approach in hepatobiliary surgery and choledochal cyst excision has also been performed by minimally invasive methods, including laparoscopic and robotic approaches.
황호경, 강창무, 이우정
core   +1 more source

Saikosaponin D reverses epinephrine- and norepinephrine-induced gemcitabine resistance in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma by downregulating ADRB2/glycolysis signaling

open access: yesActa Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Video-based assistance system for training in minimally invasive surgery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
In this paper, the development of an assisting system for laparoscopic surgical training is presented. With this system, we expect to facilitate the training process at the first stages of training in laparoscopic surgery and to contribute to an ...
Moreno del Pozo, Jose   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Economic evaluation of laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Objectives: To assess the cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic surgery compared with open surgery for the treatment of colorectal cancer. Methods: A Markov model was developed to model cost-effectiveness over 25 years.
Aberdeen Health Technology Assessment Group   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Renovascular Mistaken as Essential Hypertension due to Giant Hepatic Hydatid: A Rare Treatable Entity

open access: yesCase Reports in Medicine, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

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