Laparoscopy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Surgical displacement of risk organs to improve stereotactic radiotherapy for liver tumors.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Precision irradiation may cure some liver malignancies, but adjacent stomach and colon may interfere with the delivery of the desired high doses due to the risk for serious side effects. METHODS AND RESULTS: Preferably ... Read more...

Laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients with COPD.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a higher risk of developing postoperative pulmonary complications. Laparoscopic gastrectomy (LG) is accepted as a standard treatment for early gastric cancer. We sought to ... Read more...

Laparoscopic-assisted treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring suprarenal cross-clamping.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: Hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (HALS) was previously employed to treat patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA). The use of HALS for juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (JAAA) has never been validated. In this study, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Laparoscopy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Surgical displacement of risk organs to improve stereotactic radiotherapy for liver tumors. 30 Oct 2009
• Laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer patients with COPD. 30 Oct 2009
• Laparoscopic-assisted treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm requiring suprarenal cross-clamping. 30 Oct 2009
• Intraoperative ventilatory strategies for prevention of pulmonary atelectasis in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Low-dose 3 mg levobupivacaine plus 10 microg fentanyl selective spinal anesthesia for gynecological outpatient laparoscopy. 30 Oct 2009
• [Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer in Denmark] 3 Oct 2009
• Difficulty in swallowing. 29 Sep 2009
• Efficacy of hybrid 2-port hand-assisted laparoscopic surgery (Mukai's operation) for patients with primary colorectal cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Multifocal gastrointestinal leiomyomas. 29 Sep 2009
• Laparoscopic vs. colonoscopic removal of a large polyp. 29 Sep 2009
• Laparoscopic complete urinary tract extraction with the specimen withdrawn transvaginally. 29 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 29 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 29 Sep 2009
• Editorial comment. 29 Sep 2009
• Laparoscopic cervico-isthmic cerclage: surgical technique and obstetric outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• Long-term outcomes of laparoscopic Heller myotomy for achalasia. 29 Sep 2009
• Laparoscopy-assisted and open living donor right hepatectomy: a comparative study of outcomes. 29 Sep 2009
• Perforated appendicitis: is early laparoscopic appendectomy appropriate? 29 Sep 2009
• A prospective single institution comparison of peri-operative outcomes for laparoscopic and open distal pancreatectomy. 29 Sep 2009
• Comparison of laparoscopic transabdominal lateral versus posterior retroperitoneal adrenalectomy. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Laparoscopy'

Definition: A procedure in which a laparoscope (LAPAROSCOPES) is inserted through a small incision near the navel to examine the abdominal and pelvic organs in the PERITONEAL CAVITY. If appropriate, biopsy or surgery can be performed during laparoscopy.

Descriptor UI: D010535

Alternative terms: Laparoscopy; Laparoscopies; Peritoneoscopy; Peritoneoscopies; Celioscopy; Celioscopies; Surgical Procedures, Laparoscopic; Laparoscopic Surgical Procedure; Surgical Procedure, Laparoscopic; Procedure, Laparoscopic Surgical; Procedures, Laparoscopic Surgical; Surgery, Laparoscopic; Laparoscopic Surgery; Laparoscopic Surgeries; Surgeries, Laparoscopic; Laparoscopic Surgical Procedures;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E01.370.388.250.520; E04.800.250.520;

History Note: 1993, 1971-1977; use PERITONEOSCOPY 1978-1992