quite a few series emphasizing the feasibility of retro­ peritoneoscopic urologic surgeries in children. Laparoscopic surgery or minimal invasive surgery is a wellestablished surgical technique in modern day practice. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy Clayman reported the first transperitoneal nephrectomy. of laparoscopic nephrectomy. We report our experience Since then...

PURPOSE To compare the results of Achilles tendon repair using a standard open procedure or a minimally invasive technique using a double-ended needle, and to determine whether the latter technique reduces the incidence of sural nerve injury and soft-tissue complications. METHODS Between the period February 1995 and September 2000 inclusive, 68 consecutive patients with acute Achilles tendon ...

his article describes the properties, advances and shortcomings of glass-ionomer cement as a restorative material. The adhesion of glass-ionomer to tooth structure is less technique sensitive than composite resins and its quality increases with time. Therefore glass-ionomer might turn out to the more reliable restorative material in minimal invasive dentistry based on adhesive techniques. Unite...

The quality of the displayed image during minimal-invasive operations (endoscopy) may be low due to highlights and water vapor in front of the camera lens. In some cases, image processing like temporal color vector median filtering may enhance the visual quality of the images [8]. In this contribution we present a new technique of ordering, filtering and re-ordering of color image pixels that i...

Breast cancer has become the top malignant neoplasm in Chinese women with an increasing risk of morbidity and mortality. As a crucial part of comprehensive treatment of breast cancer, breast surgical technique is ceaselessly ameliorating and enriching its features. With the purpose of achieving minimal surgical intervention and satisfactory cosmetic results, the trend of mammary surgery is focu...

Developments in diagnostic imaging and systemic therapies for oncologic diseases have brought large numbers of spinal tumors to our attention. Following this process, there has been a great evolution in minimally invasive surgical techniques for the spinal surgery. By combining modern medical technology to traditional spinal approaches minimally invasive spinal approaches have been popular.76 S...