Improved devices and growing skill among surgeons is allowing the use of laparoscopy to excise cancers and even perform hysterectomies. Diagnostic laparoscopy is a procedure performed under general ...

The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of ...

Tubal sterilization can be performed within 72 hrs of completion of a vaginal delivery. If it is performed at other times it is called interval sterilization. The actual procedure is done in an ...

Being diagnosed with an underlying diseases and undergoing a surgery can be overwhelming and involves a life time decision. Individuals including women, children and aged patients are taken by fear ...

Laparoscopic surgery also known as Minimally Invasive Surgery or Keyhole surgery is one of the miracles of modern medicine. Instead of cutting open a patient completely, this procedure involves making ...

Background: Staging laparoscopy (SL) can identify occult, subradiographic metastatic disease, either visible or cytologic, defining patients with stage IV gastric cancer who are unlikely to benefit ...

Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound have been validated previously as staging tools for pancreatic cancer. The aim of this study was to identify if assessment of vascular involvement with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopy may have some advantages over laparotomy for ovarian cancer. Results of this review are limited and ...