Surgical laparoscopy, endoscopy & percutaneous techniques
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech
· ISSN (print) 1530-4515
· 10 papers in corpus
2023
BackgroundRecently, smaller-size trocars and instruments have been developed for laparoscopic colon cancer surgery; however, their effectiveness and safety have not been elucidated. This study aimed to investigate whether 3 mm trocars and i…
article
2020
INTRODUCTION: To study patients' acceptability of an outpatient flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) protocol and to assess the diagnostic value of endoscopic assessment in patients with deep endometriosis (DE). METHODS: All patients with DE and sus…
review
2019
A 59-year-old asymptomatic man underwent ultrasonography, which revealed gallstones and thickened gallbladder wall. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) showed a slightly swollen bilocular gallbladder and a soft tissue mass in the fundus site…
2014
BackgroundThe quest for less traumatic abdominal approaches is changing paradigms in times of minimally invasive surgery. While natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery remains experimental, the single-incision approach could be the …
article
2014
Indocyanine green has long been used to determine the vascularity of various anatomic structures. Endometriosis is a disease that features neovascularization as a part of its pathologic process. Presented is a case of detecting endometriosi…
article
2013
Endometriosis usually occurs in the pelvis but can be found nearly anywhere in the body. Bowel involvement in endometriosis is uncommon and it is estimated to be present in 3.7% to 35% of women with endometriosis. It can rarely result in in…
article
2008
Endometriosis of the appendix is rare, and we present a case of endometriosis of the appendix with adhesion to right ovarian cyst presenting as intussusception of a mucocele of the appendix in a 35-year-old woman with no associated sign of …
case-report
2006
Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare disease. Hormone ablation therapy is the treatment of choice with multiple side effects. We report a case of pulmonary endometriosis with deep and changeable focus. Successful treatment was obtained with the …
article
2003
The removal of surgical specimen at operative laparoscopy through an incision of the posterior fornix is frequently performed for the removal of pelvic masses of the internal genital tract. We present a technique for the removal of the appe…
letter
2001
The following is a description of the first series of laparoscopic partial proctectomies performed without a separate surgical incision. Sixteen women were treated for extensive endometriosis invading the rectal wall. This original series o…