The instruments for laparoscopic surgery are usually available in a disposable and in a reusable type. We performed a prospective, randomized study, based on the most frequent laparoscopic operation, the cholecystectomy, in order to directly quantify and compare the advantages and disadvantages of both types of instruments. 158 patients, who planned to undergo a cholecystectomy, were randomly d...

Introduction. Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has become accepted as an alternative to conventional multiport cholecystectomy. However, SILC is still limited in applicability in low resource centres due to the expense associated with specialized access platforms, curved instruments, and flexible scopes. Presentation of Case. We present three cases where a modified SILC techn...

Purpose: Since the early 1990s, laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become the gold standard for cholecystectomy. Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is a rapidly evolving field as a bridge between traditional laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic. The results are presented here of a single surgeon’s initial experience with single-incision laparoscopic cholecyste...

AIM This study aimed to assess the safety and feasibility of laparoscopic curative resection for colorectal cancer through the clinical practice and basic research. MATERIAL AND METHODS From September 2001 to September 2002, 47 patients with colorectal cancer were treated using laparoscopic approach, compared with 113 patients underwent traditional operation. The length of intestinal segment ...

Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine whether or not a navigation pointer (NP) integrated into a laparoscopic camera and projected onto a surgical display might allow instructors to more easily and precisely direct assistants’ instruments to specific sites in a simulated laparoscopic field. Methods: Two hundred forty pins served as targets in a standard laparoscopic box tra...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate surgical techniques, perioperative complications and outcome of laparoscopic surgery for unilateral and bilateral ovariectomy in mares. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective multicenter case series. ANIMALS Mares (n = 157). METHODS Indications for surgery were neutering, fertility problems, elimination of hormone-related abnormal behavior, ovarian tumors as well as nonregressiv...

BACKGROUND Single-incision laparoscopic colectomy (SILC) was introduced as a novel minimally invasive technique. The benefits of this technique include reducing number of the incision and cosmetic improvement. Unlike the conventional laparoscopic colectomy, majority of previously reported SILC need to be performed using special curved or articulated instruments. The purpose of this study is to ...

Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) offers an approach to cholecystectomy without visible evidence that the cholecystectomy occurred.9 Cosmesis is the only documented benefit of the single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC), while SILC remains equivalent to multi-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MILC) in all other respects.14 We report our experience of performing SILC w...