Switch

1. If there are any problems or complications during a laparoscopic surgery, the surgeon will switch to a traditional cholecystectomy. (Web site)
2. Sometimes your caregiver may start with a laparoscopic surgery and then decide to switch to an open surgery. (Web site)

Forms

1. For symptomatic stones, laparoscopic surgery is most commonly performed, although other forms of treatment are available.

Traditional

1. Unlike traditional surgery, laparoscopic surgery to remove the gallbladder can be done without cutting the muscles of your abdomen. (Web site)
2. Depending on the amount of inflammation, you may have open (traditional) surgery or laparoscopic surgery. (Web site)
3. This type of surgery may be performed with the traditional open incision or via a flexible fiberoptic scope (laparoscopic cholecystectomy). (Web site)

Invasive Procedure

1. Surgery options include the standard procedure, called open cholecystectomy, and a less invasive procedure, called laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Endoscopy

1. Laparoscopic and thoracoscopic surgery belong to the broader field of endoscopy. (Web site)

Possible

1. Laparoscopic surgery is now possible in most patients.
2. Using advanced laparoscopic technology, it is now possible to remove the gallbladder through a tiny incision at the navel.
3. Gallbladder removal should be performed by laparoscopic surgery when possible. (Web site)

Indications

1. Indications for laparoscopic surgery for colonic diverticular disease have not been established in Japan despite this being a relatively common disease.

Factors

1. Laparoscopic surgery is used most commonly when no factors are present that may complicate the surgery. (Web site)

Obesity

1. Early studies of the laparoscopic approach to surgery for obesity suggest that it reduces recovery time and postsurgery complications.
2. Obesity - there are fewer post-operative complications with laparoscopic surgery.
3. The laparoscopic method is not indicated if the patient suffers of obesity, bleeding problems and inability to visualize organs.

Operation

1. In a small proportion of patients (1% - 3%) during the operation the surgeon may decide to convert the laparoscopic operation to a traditional open one. (Web site)
2. A laparoscopic operation is a surgical procedure performed through very small incisions in the abdomen, using specialized instruments.
3. Most patients go home within a 48 hours after laparoscopic cholecystectomy as compared to five to seven day following the traditional open operation. (Web site)

Polyps

1. Polyps that are too large to snare or that can't be reached safely are usually surgically removed - often using laparoscopic techniques. (Web site)

Removing

1. There are two ways of removing the gall bladder and nowadays more than 90 per cent are removed by laparoscopic or keyhole surgery. (Web site)
2. Eight studies of laparoscopic surgery and open surgery showed that the rate of not removing all of the cancer was similar.
3. Henry Ford has used laparoscopic surgery for living-donor kidney transplants since 1999 and for removing liver tumors since 2002. (Web site)

Gall Bladder Removal

1. Your surgeon will perform the gall bladder removal with the laparoscopic method unless other factors require open surgery.
2. Gall bladder removal through the means of laparoscopic surgery can successfully replace traditional gall bladder surgery.

Risks

1. In the hands of such surgeons the risks of laparoscopic cholecystectomy are negligible. (Web site)
2. Like any abdominal surgery, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy carries some risks. (Web site)

Risk

1. Wound infection Bleeding Abdominal hernia, occurs in 10%-20% of patients and requires surgical correction—The risk is lower with laparoscopic surgery.
2. Risk from laparoscopic surgery is very low. (Web site)
3. The general anaesthesia and the pneumoperitoneum required as part of the laparoscopic procedure do increase the risk in certain groups of patients. (Web site)

Pregnancy

1. Laparoscopic surgery is now proving to be as safe as open surgery in pregnancy, especially in the second trimester. (Web site)
2. Other, lesser contraindications - such as during the first trimester of pregnancy - need not pose a problem to the experienced laparoscopic surgeon. (Web site)
3. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and interventional endoscopy for gallstone complications during pregnancy. (Web site)

Conversion

1. Reasons for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy were recorded and documented.
2. Risk factors for conversion of laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy. (Web site)
3. Large series have documented laparoscopic management with extremely low rates of conversion and bile duct injury. (Web site)

Results

1. OBJECTIVE: The current study compared the results of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for treatment of acute cholecystitis. (Web site)
2. These results confirm the existing preference for the laparoscopic cholecystectomy over open cholecystectomy.
3. Bile duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: results of an Italian national survey on 56 591 cholecystectomies.

Randomized Trial

1. Randomized trial of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. (Web site)
2. Symptomatic outcome 1 year after laparoscopic and minilaparotomy cholecystectomy: a randomized trial.

Report

1. This report illustrates a case of emphysematous cholecystitis successfully treated by laparoscopic surgery. (Web site)
2. BACKGROUND: This report describes the clinical benefits and safety of a novel (incisionless) laparoscopic operation for chronic ulcerative colitis.
3. The occurrence of portal venous thrombosis following laparoscopic cholecystectomy has not been previously described and forms the basis of this report. (Web site)

Conclusions

1. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication were effective and safe for children with esophageal achalasia. (Web site)
2. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic antegrade continence enema is an effective means of treating intractable fecal incontinence and constipation.

Prognosis

1. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Its effect on the prognosis of patients with gallbladder cancer. (Web site)

Diagnosis

1. A laparoscopic surgery within the first few days of diagnosis is usually used for mild cholecystitis.
2. Effectiveness of endoscopic ultrasonography in the diagnosis of choledocholithiasis prior to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (Web site)

Patient

1. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, also known as a keyhole surgery, may be needed in order to remove the gallbladder from the patient.
2. There was a total complication rate of 16% among patients undergoing laparoscopic repair, and 29% among patient undergoing open surgery.
3. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the method of choice, provided the patient meets the criteria. (Web site)

Safe

1. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy provides a safe and effective treatment for most patients with symptomatic gallstones. (Web site)
2. CONCLUSIONS: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a safe and effective treatment for calculous cholecystitis in cirrhotic patients.
3. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a relatively new operation that provides a safe and effective alternative treatment for patients with symptomatic gallstones.

Surgical Procedure

1. For larger polyps, a laparoscopic surgical procedure may be needed.
2. While laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe for most patients, there are certain risks associated with any surgical procedure. (Web site)
3. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is a surgical procedure during which the doctor removes your gallbladder.

Work

1. Depending on the nature of their job, most patients are able to return to work within ten to fifteen days following a laparoscopic cholecystectomy. (Web site)
2. You may be out of work for 2-6 weeks after surgery (less time with laparoscopic, but more time following an open procedure). (Web site)

Colon

1. Laparoscopic assist resection of the colon for tumour can reduce the size of painful incision and minimize the risk of infection. (Web site)
2. Surgery for colon cancer can sometimes be done with a new approach called “laparoscopic” or “keyhole” surgery. (Web site)
3. Laparoscopic surgery versus open surgery for colon cancer: short-term outcomes of a randomised trial. (Web site)

Inflated

1. In laparoscopic surgery, the abdomen is inflated with carbon dioxide to provide more room for the procedure.

Benign

1. Laparoscopic hepatectomy for benign liver tumors. (Web site)

Technique

1. Surgical treatment is usually a cholecystectomy done by laparoscopic technique or by laparotomy.
2. Of all patients with MABP 56.0% had undergone cholecystectomy (61% with laparoscopic technique) within one year after index admission.
3. Most gallbladder surgery is done using the laparoscopic technique. (Web site)

Invasive

1. There's really nothing surprising about this, even if you've had laparoscopic surgery (which is much less invasive than a large open incision).
2. A laparoscopic cholecystectomy is considered less invasive and generally requires a shorter recovery time than an open cholecystectomy.

Mortality

1. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS: No significant differences were observed in mortality, complications and operative time between laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy.
2. Mortality and complications associated with laparoscopic cholecystectomy.

Approach

1. The laparoscopic approach has now become the method of choice when cholecystectomy is indicated for benign conditions. (Web site)
2. Table 1. Indications for laparoscopic approach in patients with HCC Table 2.
3. These reasons may make it necessary for the surgeon to change from a laparoscopic approach to an open approach during the operation.

Advantages

1. There are a number of advantages to the patient with laparoscopic surgery versus an open procedure. (Web site)
2. Below, we'll briefly explore the differences between laparoscopic and open cholecystectomy; both approaches offer advantages and drawbacks. (Web site)
3. The advantages of the laparoscopic approach are less pain, shorter hospital stay, faster return to normal activity, and less abdominal scarring. (Web site)

Disease

1. Laparoscopic liver resection for peripheral hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with chronic liver disease: midterm results and perspectives.

Scarring

1. Open surgery is now done only in cases where there are obstacles to a laparoscopic surgery, such as scarring from past operations or infection. (Web site)
2. Laparoscopic surgery involves less post-operative pain, less scarring and allows a.
3. Scarring from laparoscopic gallbladder surgery will be very minimal. (Web site)

Ducts

1. As with laparoscopic surgery, the vessels and ducts going to the gallbladder are identified, clipped, and cut. (Web site)

Duct

1. Laparoscopic surgery: bile, duct, and gallbladder. (Web site)

Gallstones

1. The standard treatment is laparoscopic surgery to remove the gall bladder, which produces the gallstones. (Web site)
2. Complications of gallstones spilled during laparoscopic cholecystectomy: Case report and literature review. (Web site)
3. To assess the benefits and harms of early versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for patients with biliary colic due to gallstones. (Web site)

Days

1. Recovery after laparoscopic surgery usually involves only one night in the hospital, and normal activity can be resumed after a few days at home.
2. Typically, pain subsides rapidly, and laparoscopic or open cholecystectomy is performed 5 to 7 days after admission.
3. People undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy may be able to go back to work in a matter of days.

Stones

1. All these patients underwent completion cholecystectomy with removal of the stones by laparoscopic surgery and had good post-operative result. (Web site)
2. In some cases, stones in the gallbladder are detected during ERCP. In such cases, laparoscopic cholecystectomy is usually warranted. (Web site)
3. BACKGROUND: The ideal management of common bile duct (CBD) stones in the era of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains controversial.

Bladder

1. For example, the bowel, bladder, ureters, or fallopian tubes may be injured during the laparoscopic procedure. (Web site)
2. Possible complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy include accidental puncture of the bowel or bladder and uncontrolled bleeding. (Web site)

Week

1. You will spend less time away from work and other activities after laparoscopic surgery (about a week to 10 days compared with 4 to 6 weeks). (Web site)
2. People who have laparoscopic gallbladder surgery are sore for about a week. (Web site)
3. Recovery from laparoscopic gallbladder usually lasts a week or so.

Seven Days

1. After laparoscopic surgery, you usually can return to work within three to seven days. (Web site)
2. Return to work in three to seven days following laparoscopic cholecystectomy is not unusual. (Web site)

Biopsy

1. Other options include image guided biopsy, transjugular liver biopsy, or laparoscopic biopsy. (Web site)

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