Patients have many concerns and decisions prior to surgery, and now choosing between a human doctor or a robot-assisted ...

Laparoscopic surgery is a type of “minimally invasive” surgery involving very small incisions (0.5-1cm) as opposed to traditional surgery which uses larger cuts. In a laparoscopic procedure, the ...

Pediatric laparoscopy is a type of surgery done through small cuts instead of a big incision. A tiny camera and special tools are used to look inside and operate. Here’s how it helps treat conditions ...

I have seen a lot of progress in health care since I moved to Lufkin in 1992. We’ve always been sophisticated for a town our ...

VAS, Visual Analog Scales; NRS, Numerical Rating Scales. a 1 on POD#19 for septic shock (Excluded from Laparoscopic group for survival analysis). b 1on POD#1 for cardiac arrest (Excluded from ...

Cholecystectomy (ko-luh-sis-TEK-tuh-mee) is a type of surgery that removes a diseased gallbladder. This surgery is usually done as a laparoscopic surgery. The doctor puts a lighted tube and other ...

The surgical team at Georgian Bay General Hospital (GBGH) is celebrating the arrival of new laparoscopic scopes and ...

Furthermore, we observed decreased blood loss during laparoscopic surgery, which was statistically significant (P value?). Patients in the LAP group had significantly shorter surgical incisions (P ...