Is open abdominal surgery preferable to laparoscopic surgery for management of small bowel obstruction? The authors of a paper, published in Annals of Surgery, [1] looked at data from 8584 Canadian ...

A research team from Turkey has investigated the proficiency level reached in laparoscopic splenectomy using the learning curve method. They found that, unlike the widely accepted "L" shape, the ...

Uterine leiomyomas or fibroids are the most common benign tumors of the uterus, found in more than 70% of middle-aged women 1. Although many fibroids are asymptomatic, 25–50% of cases can cause ...

Mwanza. Patients undergoing surgery in Tanzania are poised to benefit from laparoscopic surgery, a modern, camera-assisted technique that significantly reduces pain, shortens recovery times and, in ...

Patients in Pakistan needing surgery face a difficult choice between traditional open surgery with large scars, weeks of ...

Doctors at KIMS Hospitals, Kondapur, have performed a rare and highly complex laparoscopic Whipple procedure on a 52-year-old woman who had previously undergone open pancreatic surgery, marking a ...