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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.
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Spleen and Pancreas
Splenectomy is a surgical treatment for hematologic diseases like platelet dysfunctions and autoimmune anemia; it is used for lymphoma stadiation and for splenic neoplasms. Laparoscopic surgery for spleen dise...
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Abdominal Wall Surgery
Abdominal hernia diseases are the most common cause of hospitalization in Western countries. Moreover, treatment of inguinal hernias is one of the most commonly performed surgical procedures in the world [1]. ...
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Kidney, Adrenal Gland, Ureter, and Varicocele
From early nephrectomies carried out in 1990s, radical nephrectomy nowadays reaches a high diffusion between surgeons and finds specific indications. In 2014 The European Association of Urology built a Renal Cell...
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Bariatric Surgery
The advent of laparoscopy in the early 1990s has changed the scenario of bariatric surgery by encouraging the spread of certain procedures based on greater acceptance (compliance) of the intervention in a lot ...
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Living Reference Work Entry In depth
Literature Review on Outpatients Treatments for Hemorrhoids
The chapter focuses on literature review on outpatient treatments for hemorrhoids, involving medical management, and above all office-based procedures, for symptomatic low-grade internal hemorrhoids according ...
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Reference Work Entry In depth
Literature Review on Outpatient Treatments for Hemorrhoids
The chapter focuses on literature review on outpatient treatments for hemorrhoids, involving medical management, and above all office-based procedures, for symptomatic low-grade internal hemorrhoids according ...
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Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair
Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair (LVHR) can be considered a minimally invasive approach to the abdominal wall. Intraperitoneal Onlay Mesh (IPOM) technique was first described in 1993, and its application for...