Most hysterectomies are performed under general anesthesia in the surgical unit of a hospital. That said, a laparoscopic hysterectomy may be performed as an outpatient procedure—usually in an ...

Antibiotic management of acute uncomplicated appendicitis among children was inferior to appendectomy, a randomized non-inferiority trial showed. For nearly 850 children with available primary outcome ...

Failure of antibiotics was defined as patients having a subsequent appendicectomy, and failure in the appendicectomy group was defined as patients having a normal appendix identified on pathology. A ...

In 2023, the global reusable laparoscopic instruments market is expected to be worth USD 3.8 billion. The market is expected to reach USD 6.3 billion by 2033, expanding at a 5.1% CAGR throughout the ...

A meta-analysis of the major post-intervention complications of peritonitis and intra-abdominal abscesses occurring after appendicectomy or antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated acute appendicitis ...

Laparoscopic surgery, also referred to as minimally invasive surgery (MIS) or laparoscopy, is a surgical technique in which a thin, camera-equipped surgical device is inserted into the abdomen or ...

Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) were utilized to confirm the diagnosis in the child. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy was successfully performed on the child, with ...

The LA has been proposed as the preferred technique in obese patients with suspected acute appendicitis, including the elderly patients. [14] In these patients the laparoscopic approach is ...

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Dr. Scovill spent most of his career in academic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical School, where he pioneered laparoscopic procedures for gall bladder operations. He tried the then-new ...