Laparoscopic Colectomy for Nonagenarians, Preliminary Experience in National Taiwan University Hospital
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tionized the thinking around major operations, substituting traditional large incisions with modern minimally invasive surgery. Its success has been confirmed by good cosmetic results and early recovery times, whether for laparoscopic appendectomies or cholecystectomies. Several reports described laparoscopic appendectomy being adapted for patients who were pregnant, received previous abdominal surgery, or suffered perforated appendicitis. T. R. Scott et al., reported a review of 12397 patients and indicated laparoscopic cholecystectomy to be a safe and effective J Soc Colon Rectal Surgeon (Taiwan) December 2010
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