April 11, 2003 — Laparoscopic adhesiolysis is no more likely to relieve chronic abdominal pain than is diagnostic laparoscopy, according to the results of a blinded, randomized trial published in the ...

Abdominal wall hernia disease is often a complex problem and the treatment options are numerous, especially with the ongoing development of new prosthetic materials or tacking devices. As such, a ...

The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...

Laparoscopy and laparoscopic ultrasound have been validated previously as staging tools for pancreatic cancer. The aim of this study was to identify if assessment of vascular involvement with ...

How long does recovery take after endometriosis surgery? Here’s what to expect after laparoscopy, from the hospital stay to long-term healing and follow-up care.

Although first described in 1991, 2 laparoscopic radical prostatectomy received little attention until reports from France in 2000 showed not only the feasibility of the procedure but also some ...

In recent years, laparoscopic abdominal hernia repair has become an accepted surgical method. So far numerous randomized trials prove this method of treatment to be more effective than the ...

An otherwise healthy four-year-old boy was brought to the emergency department by his mother several hours after he had an unwitnessed fall at home. He had been playing with his friends, when they ...