Laparoscopy is the process of inspecting the abdominal cavity through an endoscope.
Carbon dioxide is most universally used to insufflate the abdominal cavity to facilitate the …

Background: Although many aspects of laparoscopic surgery have been determined, the
question of which insufflation gas is the best arises repeatedly. The aim of this study was to …

Abstract Background In January 2010, the SICE (Italian Society of Endoscopic Surgery),
under the auspices of the EAES, decided to revisit the clinical recommendations for the role …

Background: Whereas open anterior inguinal herniorrhaphy is a time-tested, safe, and well-
understood operation with a high success rate, laparoscopic techniques of inguinal hernia …

Background: Spinal anesthesia has been successfully used to perform various laparoscopic
procedures. However, laparoscopic cholecystectomy under spinal anesthesia has not been …

Laparoscopy is becoming one of the most common surgical procedures performed on an
outpatient basis. Technical advances in the field of endoscopic surgery, such as the …

Background Early post‐operative pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair may, as in other
laparoscopic operations, have its own individual pain pattern and patient‐related predictors …

Choice of anesthesia for inguinal hernia repair remains a controversial topic. Local
anesthesia has been described in the literature as the optimal technique, however general …

Background Laparoscopic total extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair is as efficacious
as the open Lichtenstein procedure, can be learned with proper training, and causes less …

Background Laparoscopic and open preperitoneal hernia repair techniques both use the
preperitoneal space. This study investigated whether the surgical approach to the inguinal …