OBJECTIVE To provide an introduction to the tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure, placing it in the context of minimally invasive surgeries for the treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women, and to provide guidance to surgeons counselling women on the merits of this surgical choice. OPTIONS This discussion is limited to surgical treatment of urinary stress incontinence in women. ...

BACKGROUND To eradicate hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) using a stepwise infection control strategy that includes an avoidance of antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) based on surgical wound classification and an improvement in operative procedures in gasless single-port urologic surgery. METHODS The study was conducted at an 801-bed university hospital. Since ...

Minimally invasive surgery is now the cornerstone of gynecologic surgeries. Minilaparoscopic surgery is a new promising technique that involves the use of instruments with an external diameter of around 3 mm in contrast to standard sizes of 5-10 mm used in conventional procedures. In minilaparoscopic process, minimal invasive surgery is being more advanced, ports and surgical equipment’s are ge...

Ann Cardiothorac Surg 2012;1(1):100-101 www.annalscts.com Advances in technology have allowed minimally invasive approaches for pulmonary lobectomy to be utilized increasingly over traditional thoracotomy for the purported benefits of decreased surgical trauma resulting in shorter hospital stay, quicker recovery, less pain and decreased morbidity. While video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lo...

BACKGROUND To determine the role of Letrozole, an aromatase inhibitor, in the treatment of endometriotic pain. METHODS In this prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial in minimally invasive surgery research center, 51 women with pelvic endometriosis and endometriotic pain (dyspareunia, dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain) score of 5 or more (for at least one of these endometriotic pain), afte...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Laparoscopic surgery for periampullary disease is still a challenging operation. The aim of this study was to compare the perioperative outcomes of patients undergoing conventional pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with the outcomes of those undergoing laparoscopy-assisted PD. METHODOLOGY A retrospective analysis was conducted on 51 consecutive patients who underwent laparoscopy-as...

Application of minimally invasive techniques to gastric cancer in the West has been curbed by concerns of feasibility and oncologic adequacy. Growing evidence supports improved short-term and equivalent oncologic outcomes in selected patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery for early-stage disease. Laparoscopic resection for advanced gastric cancer remains controversial due to few reliable stud...

INTRODUCTION Primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is due to a single adenoma in 85%-95% of cases, and is often cured after adenoma removal. Intraoperative rapid determination of intact parathyroid hormone (PTHio) may be a tool for monitoring the effectiveness of PHPT surgery. The main objective of our study was to evaluate PTHio determination and to establish whether its successful implementation...

has indeed been a great pleasure and an honor to have the opportunity to serve as your president during this last year, a special one, I think, as it takes us to the year 2000. As I began my research for this address, I came across this quote from Jacques Perissat, one of the leaders in minimally invasive surgery in Europe, who wrote in the World Journal of Surgery, " For a surgeon who performe...

The medium and long-term effects of electrophysiologic monitoring on the facial nerve function in minimally invasive surgery treating acoustic neuroma were studied. Sixty-two patients with acoustic neuroma taking minimally invasive surgeries in Dezhou Hospital from August 2014 to September 2015 were selected and randomly divided into 29 cases of the control group and 33 cases of the observation...