Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal liver metastases nearly equaled or surpassed open surgery for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Open gastrectomy has long been the criterion standard worldwide. However, application of laparoscopic ...

April 6, 2004 — Using laparoscopy to diagnose or treat injury in blunt force and penetrating trauma can reduce the need for laparotomy in select patients, researchers reported at the Society of ...

Primary surgery followed by selective radiochemotherapy versus conventional preoperative radiochemotherapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer with MRI-negative circumferential margin ...

Efficacy of chemotherapy followed by chemoradiation versus initial chemoradiation as part of the total neoadjuvant therapy for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer: An NCDB analysis. This is ...

Laparoscopic surgery or keyhole surgery is minimally invasive surgery that is associated with several advantages over traditional open surgery. In an open procedure, one large abdominal incision is ...

Colostomies have traditionally been done with open surgeries, but laparoscopic surgery offers a less invasive option that can help limit pain, recovery time, and possible complications. A laparoscopic ...

Laparoscopic patients exhibit significantly lower pain scores in the first 24 hours post-op compared to open surgery patients. A major study found wound complications occurred in only 16% of ...

Diagnostic laparoscopy can play a role in predicting surgery outcomes for patients with ovarian cancer. The number of futile laparotomies was decreased in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer ...