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Minimally invasive surgery is now rapidly developing and becoming a standard surgical option in some fields. In the past, many thoracic surgeons were reluctant to adopt minimally invasive techniques in...
Robotic surgery is an emerging technology. After adoption of robotic surgery for cholecystectomy in 1997, various general surgical procedures have been performed using surgical robot. In general surgery, robotic surgery...
The development of robotic technology has facilitated the application of minimally invasive techniques for the treatment and evaluation of patients with early, advanced, and recurrent cervical cancer. The application of...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy has been found to be highly effective in correctly predicting the nodal status of melanoma and breast cancer patients. Recently, individualized surgical treatments based on the...
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a chronic disease deteriorating patient's quality of life. With the advent of proton pump inhibitors, treatment failures have decreased considerably. However, surgical therapy offers the...
The aim of this study was to assess whether a 2 mm mini-videothoracoscope could be used as a conventional videothoracoscope in the management of pneumothorax. Thirty patients of ages from...
The incidence of early gastric cancer (EGC) has increased to over 50% in Korea and Japan due to rapid advances in diagnostic instrumentation and increased use of mass screening. Considering...
PURPOSE: To assess the clinical utility of laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) nephrectomy using a modified umbilical incision and home-made transumbilical port in cases requiring extirpative surgery.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Initial consecutive...
This study was undertaken to identify risk factors for postoperative voiding dysfunction and factors having impact on patient global satisfaction after a tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. Two hundred and...
Laparoscopic surgery for colorectal cancer was first adopted 16 years ago. There are various limitations in performing laparoscopic surgery including the technical complexity and question of positive impact on the...