Laparoscopic Surgery Articles & Analysis
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a highly prevalent disease. It affects about two thirds of adults in the U.S. at some point in their lives and accounts for greater than 4 million physician visits every yearl?. The so-called typical symptoms of GERD consist of heartburn, regurgitation and dysphagia. Cough, wheezing, hoarseness or chest pain may be present and are termed atypical ...
Johns Hopkins University has always been at the forefront of numerous innovations in robotic-assisted surgery, more recently with the development of a robotic platform capable of performing laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human, on a significant step toward procedure automatization. ...
That’s why so many women in your situation are excited to discover minimally invasive ways to treat fibroids that doesn’t involve a hysterectomy. The Acessa procedure is laparoscopic radiofrequency ablation, or Lap RFA, designed to treat fibroids. ...
Abstract Minimally Invasive Single Site (MISS) surgery is a better terminology to explain the novel concept of scarless surgery, which is increasingly making its way into clinical practice. ...
Article Overview A trend toward even more minimally invasive laparoscopic approaches has led to techniques of single-incision and natural orifice laparoscopic surgery. This article is a systematic review of the literature which examines the feasibility, safety, and results of single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC), ...
Conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy generally is performed through four small incisions in the abdominal wall [4]. ...