Hysterectomy, either total or subtotal, may be performed by different techniques, including the vaginal route, laparotomy or laparoscopy. Vaginal hysterectomy was originally only used for uterine ...

A 46-year-old woman was admitted to Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) three weeks ago after complaining of abdominal pain. Upon ...

Laparotomy for tubal ectopic pregnancy is occasionally warranted in cases of massive intrabdominal hemorrhage or if adhesive disease precludes the laparoscopic approach. The procedure generally ...

While an exploratory laparotomy is traditionally an open surgery, this surgery can also be performed laparoscopically. In fact, exploratory laparoscopic surgery is more frequently utilized today. It ...

Although each study is separately presented below, many subject characteristics and the intervention itself are common to both. Patient histories were obtained from medical records and included ...

Laparoscopy is frequently used for the minimally invasive treatment of various gynaecological pathologies. Compared with laparotomy, laparoscopy is associated with faster recovery, better incision ...

Laparoscopic surgery is mainly used for the diagnosis and ... and more prospective trials are needed to determine it. Secondary laparotomy (SLL) is used to evaluate the primary surgical and ...

Intervention 2: hybrid abdominothoracic oesophagectomy (laparoscopy and thoracotomy). Intervention 3: hybrid abdominothoracic oesophagectomy (laparotomy and thoracoscopy). Intervention 4: completely ...

No intraoperative complications occurred except for one case of minor ovarian spillage. No conversions to conventional laparoscopy or laparotomy were needed. Postoperative complications included one ...