BACKGROUND: Operative laparoscopy is being used for an increasing number of applications. Many of these innovative techniques require the insertion of large trocars through the anterior abdominal ...

Laparoscopic right radical nephrectomy was performed via a transperitoneal four-port approach. Upon entry into the abdominal cavity, dense adhesions of omentum, right colon, and duodenum to the ...

The surgery takes about half an hour. In the Laparoscopy procedure, the abdomen is filled with carbon dioxide gas by introducing a needle so that the abdominal wall balloons away from the uterus ...

Laparoscopic abdominal wall hernia repair is often challenging, as it requires good anatomical knowledge, eye-hand coordination and diversified laparoscopic skills. The objective of this article ...

Learn about the key tests and methods used to diagnose stomach cancer, including endoscopy, biopsy, imaging studies, and more ...

This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other surgical tools through small cuts (incisions) in your belly. The tube is called a scope. It lets your ...

A laparoscopic Heller myotomy is a surgical procedure used to treat achalasia, a condition in which the esophagus doesn't push food and liquid into the stomach normal and lower esophageal sphincter ...

For two long years, a 73-year-old man unknowingly carried a life-threatening object inside his body—a stent that he had ...