Evidence-based recommendations on laparoscopic insertion of an inactive implant for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. This involves placing an implant on the outside of the upper part of the stomach ...

Additionally, we conducted a comparative assessment of the surgical outcomes between two distinct techniques for inguinal hernia repair: open hernioplasty and laparoscopic hernioplasty (LH). In 85 ...

Methods - A retrospective cohort study was made to evaluate the quality of life of 21 patients that underwent anterior abdominal wall laparoscopic hernioplasty by intraperitoneal onlay mesh technique.

PURPOSETo compare outcomes after laparoscopic versus open major liver resection (hemihepatectomy) mainly for primary or metastatic cancer. The primary outcome measure was time to functional recovery.

A laparoscopic colostomy is a minimally invasive way to create an opening in the colon for fecal diversion. Learn about the procedure, recovery, outlook, and more.

Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy surgery induces weight loss by removing most of the stomach, subsequently restricting your food intake.

Keywords: sportsman hernia, groin pain syndrome, groin pain in athletes, open hernioplasty, laparoscopic hernia repair Citation: Palumbo P, Massimi F, Lucchese S, Grimaldi S, Vernaccini N, Cirocchi R, ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins this week issued a report noting that their Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR) system has completed laparoscopic surgery on a pig tissue without human guidance. The ...

A robot has performed laparoscopic surgery on the soft tissue of a pig without the guiding hand of a human -- a significant step in robotics toward fully automated surgery on humans.

Intraperitoneal observation revealed bilateral obturator hernias and a left direct-type inguinal hernia. Transabdominal preperitoneal hernioplasty was performed using two self-gripping polyester ...