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    Avoiding biliary injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: technical considerations

    Experience alone is not sufficient to protect surgeons and their patients from biliary injury. This article suggests valuable technical considerations for the performance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Again...

    M. P. Callery in Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques (2006)

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    The net immunologic advantage of laparoscopic surgery

    The trauma of surgery evokes a variety of physiologic and immunologic alterations that should contribute to host defense. However, an exaggerated response to injury may result in immunosuppression and lead to ...

    Y. W. Novitsky, D. E. M. Litwin in Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventiona… (2004)

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    Laparoscopic skills training

    L. Villegas, B. E. Schneider, M. P. Callery in Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventiona… (2003)

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    Expansion beyond compression

    M. P. Callery in Surgical Endoscopy And Other Interventional Techniques (2003)

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    Chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux disease

    Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) can be overlooked as the cause of chronic cough (CC) when typical gastrointestinal symptoms are absent or minimal. We analyzed the outcomes of Nissen fundoplication (NF) ...

    Y. W. Novitsky, J. K. Zawacki, R. S. Irwin, C. T. French in Surgical Endoscopy (2002)

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    Elevated intrahepatic pressures and decreased hepatic tissue blood flow prevent gas embolus during limited laparoscopic liver resections

    Background: As new techniques are emerging for laparoscopic liver resections, concerns have been raised about the development of gas embolus related to the CO2 pneumoperitoneum. We hypothesized that elevated i...

    R. Ricciardi, S. Anwaruddin, B.K. Schaffer, S.H. Quarfordt in Surgical Endoscopy (2001)

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    Laparoscopic surgery and Kupffer cell activation

    Background: Evidence tends to support a relative preservation of the systemic immune response with laparoscopy as compared with laparotomy. However, the role of hepatic macrophages, or Kupffer ce...

    F. J. Vittimberga, B. Nolan, R. A. Perugini, L. Spector in Surgical Endoscopy (2000)

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    The feasibility and accuracy of diagnostic laparoscopy in the septic ICU patient

    Background: Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and sepsis of unknown origin are common complications of critically ill patients in the ICU. These patients frequently have unreliable c...

    J. J. Kelly, J. C. Puyana, M. P. Callery, S. M. Yood, A. Sandor in Surgical Endoscopy (2000)

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    Weitere Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung von Mutationen im Tumorsuppressorgen CDKN2 beim Adenokarzinom des Pankreas

    Das Tumorsuppressorgen CDKN2 (MTS1, p16INK4a) scheint eine zentrale Rolle in der Tumorgenese des duktalen Pankreaskarzinoms zu spielen. CDKN2 ist mutiert oder deletiert in einer großen Anzahl von Pankreaskarzinom...

    Dr. Detlef Bartsch, D. W. Shevlin in Chirurgisches Forum ’96 fur experimentelle… (1996)

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    Laparoscopic ultrasonography as compared with static or dynamic cholangiography at laparoscopic cholecystectomy

    We compared laparoscopic ultrasonography (LICU) with static (S) or dynamic (D) cholangiography (IOC) for assessment of duct anatomy and calculi in 209 patients. LICU visualized ducts in 88% compared with 93% f...

    G. V. Stiegmann, N. J. Soper, C. J. Filipi, R. C. McIntyre in Surgical Endoscopy (1995)