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    Single-Access Laparoscopic Left Hemicolectomy

    Single-incision surgery is an evolution of conventional laparoscopy. It reduces not only the invasiveness of the access but also the surgical procedure itself.

    Giusto Pignata, Jacopo Andreuccetti, Francesco Cabras… in Single-Access Laparoscopic Surgery (2014)

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    Liver, Gallbladder, and Biliary Tree

    It is unclear who is the first surgeon to perform the first laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) [1]. However, Mouret reported, in March of 1987, a “laparoscopy, gynecological adhesiolysis, and cholecystectomy” f...

    Umberto Bracale, Francesco Cabras, Giovanni Merola, Ristovich Lidia… in Laparoscopic Surgery (2016)

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    Colon, Rectum, and Appendix

    The uptake of laparoscopic colorectal surgery is increasing annually. The first laparoscopic colon resection was reported in 1991. In the United Kingdom data show that 22 % of colon resections were performed l...

    Francesco Cabras, Umberto Bracale, Ristovich Lidia, Lever Michele… in Laparoscopic Surgery (2016)

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    Gynecology

    During the last 40 years, laparoscopy has evolved from a limited gynecologic surgical procedure, used only for diagnosis and tubal ligations, to a major surgical tool operation.

    Francesco Cabras, Fabrizio Lazzara, Lidija Ristovich, Michele Lever… in Laparoscopic Surgery (2016)

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    Esophagus and Stomach

    The upper gastrointestinal surgery represented one of the first applications of laparoscopy. Since the early 1990s, benign esophageal disorders like gastroesophageal reflux, achalasia, or hiatal hernia became ...

    Umberto Bracale, Francesco Cabras, Ristovich Lidia, Giovanni Merola… in Laparoscopic Surgery (2016)