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3D Laparoscopy. A potential cutting edge in minimal invasive digestive surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Laparoscopic surgery has changed surgical landscape, providing reduced surgical trauma, shorter hospital stays, less postoperative pain and better outcomes than open surgery. Since its first development in the 90’s, 3D technology applied to laparoscopic
Giuseppe S Sica, Sara di Carlo, Simone Sibio   +2 more
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Laparoscopy versus open appendectomy for elderly patients, a meta-analysis and systematic review

BMC Surgery, 2019
BackgroundAppendicitis in elderly patients is associated with increased risk of postoperative complications. The choice between laparoscopy and open appendectomy remains controversial in treating elderly patients with appendicitis.MethodsComprehensive ...
Dayu Wang, Ting Dong, Yue Shao, Tingting Gu, You-zhang Xu, Yuan Jiang   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Comparison of four serological assays for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis in subfertile women [PDF]

, 2012
Introduction: Chlamydia antibody testing (CAT) in serum has been introduced as a screening method in the infertility workup. We evaluated the test characteristics of two ELISA tests compared to micro-immunofluorescence tests (MIFs).
Claeys, Geert, CLAEYS, LAURENS, De Sutter, Petra, De Sutter, Tineke, Muvunyi, Mambo-Claude, Padalko, Elizaveta, Temmerman, Marleen, Van Renterghem, Lieve   +7 more
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Laparoscopy versus open surgery for adnexal masses in pregnancy: a meta-analytic review

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 2019
PurposeThe objective of this meta-analysis is to investigate and compare the pregnancy outcomes of laparoscopy and open surgery in the treatment of ovarian tumors during pregnancy.MethodsSearch was conducted using MEDLINE, EMBASE, and Cochrane Databases ...
P. Ye, N. Zhao, Jing Shu, Heping Shen, Yanpeng Wang, Lifeng Chen, Xiaojian Yan   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Clinical Parameters Predicting Survival Duration after Hepatectomy for Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology, 2011
BACKGROUND: Currently, the most effective treatment for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) is complete hepatic tumour excision.
Bei-ge Jiang, Rui-liang Ge, Liang-liang Sun, Ming Zong, Gong-tian Wei, Yong-jie Zhang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and diagnosis of congenital uterine anomalies in women with reproductive failure: a critical appraisal [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of congenital uterine anomalies in women with reproductive failure remains unclear, largely due to methodological bias. The aim of this review is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of different methodologies and estimate the ...
Cocksedge, K.A., Li, T-C., Saravelos, S.H.   +2 more
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Laparoscopy to Predict the Result of Primary Cytoreductive Surgery in Patients With Advanced Ovarian Cancer: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2017
Purpose To investigate whether initial diagnostic laparoscopy can prevent futile primary cytoreductive surgery (PCS) by identifying patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer in whom > 1 cm of residual disease will be left after PCS.
M. J. Rutten, H. V. van Meurs, R. van de Vrie, K. Gaarenstroom, C. Naaktgeboren, T. van Gorp, H. T. ter Brugge, W. Hofhuis, H. Schreuder, H. Arts, P. Zusterzeel, J. Pijnenborg, M. van Haaften, G. Fons, M. Engelen, E. Boss, M. Vos, K. Gerestein, E. Schutter, B. Opmeer, A. Spijkerboer, P. Bossuyt, B. Mol, G. Kenter, M. Buist   +24 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Improving Access to Laparoscopy in Low-Resource Settings

Annals of Global Health, 2019
Laparoscopy has numerous clinical benefits compared to laparotomy. However, a functional laparoscopy program requires significant investment and, as a result, remains unavailable for the majority of the world’s population in low- and middle-income ...
A. Rosenbaum, R. Maine
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neuro-Endo-Trainer-Online Assessment System (NET-OAS) for Neuro-Endoscopic Skills Training [PDF]

IEEE (2017), 2020
Neuro-endoscopy is a challenging minimally invasive neurosurgery that requires surgical skills to be acquired using training methods different from the existing apprenticeship model. There are various training systems developed for imparting fundamental technical skills in laparoscopy where as limited systems for neuro-endoscopy. Neuro-Endo-Trainer was
arxiv   +1 more source

Diagnostic accuracy of laparoscopy following computed tomography (CT) scanning for assessing the resectability with curative intent in pancreatic and periampullary cancer.

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016
BACKGROUND Surgical resection is the only potentially curative treatment for pancreatic and periampullary cancer. A considerable proportion of patients undergo unnecessary laparotomy because of underestimation of the extent of the cancer on computed ...
V. Allen, K. Gurusamy, Y. Takwoingi, A. Kalia, B. Davidson   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source