A laparoscopy is a surgical procedure that may be used to diagnose and treat various conditions, including endometriosis. During a laparoscopy, a long, thin viewing instrument, called a laparoscope, ...

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons reveals that performing a minor surgical procedure on patients newly diagnosed with pancreatic cancer helps to identify cancer ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Laparoscopy may have some advantages over laparotomy for ovarian cancer. Results of this review are limited and ...

Relapse-free survival (RFS) data at 5 years showed that laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) was noninferior to open distal gastrectomy (ODG) in locally advanced gastric cancer, according to ...

The routine use of diagnostic laparoscopy for young women who present with right iliac fossa pain reduces the rate of negative appendectomy, according to a new study. However, the implementation of ...

Pediatric laparoscopy, often called keyhole surgery, has changed surgical care for children. It allows surgeons to diagnose and treat conditions like appendicitis, ovarian cysts, torsion of the ovary, ...

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 ...

Tubal sterilization can be performed within 72 hrs of completion of a vaginal delivery. If it is performed at other times it is called interval sterilization. The actual procedure is done in an ...

This is similar to the vaginal hysterectomy procedure described above, but to help with better dissection of the abdominal tissues laparoscopy is used. A laparoscope is a thin cylindrical telescope ...

Improved Outcomes With Retinoic Acid and Arsenic Trioxide Compared With Retinoic Acid and Chemotherapy in Non–High-Risk Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia: Final Results of the Randomized Italian-German ...