Journal of Minimal Access Surgery back issues from April 2007:
Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery: Past, present and future
Apr 01, 2007; ... Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) first gained notoriety with the initial laboratory report of transgastric peritoneoscopy in 2004.[1] Since then the medical community and the general public has been captivated with the idea of "no-scar" abdominal surgery. In animal models, ...
Laparoscopy in pancreatic tumors
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction Gagner and Pomp[1] have been credited with the first major laparoscopic attempt in pancreatic surgery. While, they performed what was believed to be an almost impossible task - laparoscopic pylorus preserving pancreaticoduodenectomy, the association between laparoscopy and ...
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in empyema of gall bladder: An experience at Liaquat University Hospital, Jamshoro, Pakistan
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction The laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) has dramatically changed the outlook of patients with symptomatic gallstone disease. Empyema of the gallbladder is a potentially fatal complication of gallstones. It is characterized by suppuration superimposed on acute cholecystitis ....
Effectiveness of box trainers in laparoscopic training
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction Recognizing the growing role of laparoscopy in modern surgery, residency programs have rapidly incorporated it into their training regimen. Various devices ranging from simple box trainers, animal models to sophisticated virtual reality trainers[1],[2],[3],[4] are used to ...
Rectus sheath abscess after laparoscopic appendicectomy
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction Laparoscopic appendicectomy per se does not increase the incidence of complications.[1] Abdominal wall vessel injuries may occur during trocar insertion in laparoscopy leading to rectus sheath hematoma although infection of hematoma is a rare occurrence. The usual ...
Early laparoscopic Kasai's procedure in a low weight newborn
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction Before the introduction of the Kasai porto-enterostomy, biliary atresia survival rates were less than 5% at 12 months of age.[1] Survival rates greater than 50% after porto-enterostomy have been reported and with the addition of liver transplantation, survival rates greater ...
Torsion of the epiploic appendix: An unusual cause of acute abdomen
Apr 01, 2007; ... Introduction Torsion of an epiploic appendix is a rare surgical entity that presents with abdominal pain. In a series of 1320 cases of acute abdominal pain by Golash[1] only eight cases were due to acute epiploic appendagitis. The site of pain may vary according to the position of the ...
Laparoscopic management of an incarcerated trocar site hernia occurred on the first postoperative day
Apr 01, 2007; ... A 41-year-old obese lady presented with severe crampy abdominal pain and vomiting, six hours after her routine laparoscopic cholecystectomy. She was given antiemetic, proton pump blocker and intravenous fluid thinking that she probably had the exacerbation of her acid peptic disease. But she ...
Sedo-analgesia in double lumen enteroscopy
Apr 01, 2007; ... Double lumen enteroscopy first described by Yamamoto and colleagues in 2001,[1] is an exciting new endoscopic technique that allow complete visualization of the small intestine by using a 200 cm enteroscope equipped with a 140 cm over-tube used either by anterograde or retrograde technique ...