Introduction: Incidental gallbladder carcinoma (IGBC) is a carcinoma first detected by the pathologist. The indication for the cholecystectomy was a benign disease. It is often supposed that the laparoscopic technique could deteriorate the prognosis of gallbladder cancer. In the literature there is a big variety of different 5 year survival curves for the different T- […]
Introduction: The accidental intraoperative perforation of the gallbladder is a problem of the laparoscopic surgery, if an incidental gallbladder carcinoma exists at the time of operation.According to the literature this complication comes up to 30% of the laparoscopic operations.In order to prevent the dissemination of tumourcells the use of an isolation bag is proclaimed.The question […]
Traditional descriptions of laparoscopic transperitoneal left adrenalectomy and nephrectomy include complete division of the splenorenal ligament. The spleen is reflected toward the midline with the tail of the pancreas to expose the origin of the renal pedicle and adrenal gland. Yet despite aggressive mobilization of the upper pole of the spleen as far cephalad as […]
Traditionally, large adrenal tumors have been considered relative contraindications to laparoscopic adrenalectomy. However, with increasing experience with laparoscopic techniques, even giant tumors can be resected in a minimally invasive manner. We present two cases of laparoscopic adrenalectomy of giant adrenal tumors. The first case involves a 42 year old female with flank pain. Imaging revealed […]
Aim: Minimally invasive surgery is widely employed for the treatment of thyroid diseases. We have performed pure endoscopic thyroidectomy by the axillary approach from 1999. In this study, we evaluate the efficacy of this surgical procedure.Patients and Methods: The indications for this procedure included the presence of a follicular nodule or adenomatous goiter with a […]