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A SAGES technology and value assessment and pediatric committee evaluation of mini-laparoscopic instrumentation
The TAVAC and Pediatric Committees of SAGES evaluated the current use of mini-laparoscopic instrumentation to better understand the role this category of devices plays in the delivery of minimally invasive sur...
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Multiple nerve blocks after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)
Epidural analgesia and/or systemic narcotics are used for pain control after video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy despite side effects. We report a video of a technique to safely place subpleural c...
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Pure natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) cholecystectomy
Enthusiasm for natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) has been partly tempered by the reality that most NOTES procedures to date have been laparoscopically assisted. After safely performing tr...
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Reply to: 464_126 (2008: 22(12) 2763–2764) Re: Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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Reply to Letter by Klaus and Weiss (00464-008-0163-y): Re: ‘Esophageal Dilation After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding’ (2008: 22(6)1482–1486)
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Transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy: laparoscopically assisted
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is considered the new frontier for minimally invasive surgery. NOTES procedures such as peritoneoscopy, splenectomy, and cholecystectomy in animal models...
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Open AccessPerioperative outcome of laparoscopic left lateral liver resection is improved by using a bioabsorbable staple line reinforcement material in a porcine model
Laparoscopic liver surgery is significantly limited by the technical difficulty encountered during transection of substantial liver parenchyma, with intraoperative bleeding and bile leaks. This study tested wh...