PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence of postoperative complications after Harmonic Scalpels hemorrhoidectomy and to identify any predisposing factors leading to postoperative complications. METHODS Five hundred consecutive cases of Harmonic Scalpel hemorrhoidectomy were studied in a prospective manner. Postoperative complications were recorded, and any predisposing fact...

Background: Gold standard treatment of symptomatic cholelithiatis is laparoscopic cholicystectomy. No doubt, some minor biliary complication may occur by using monopolar hook,that is because of its thermal effect. In other way,use of ultrasonically activated harmonic scalpel,ie, (Ethicon Endo Surgery INC-Johnson & Johnson Medical SPA, Somerville, NJ) in laparoscopic cholecystectomies is increas...

Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) using surgical electrocautery is considered to be the gold standard procedure for treatment of uncomplicated cholecystitis and cholelithiasis. The objective current study was evaluate effectiveness safety Harmonic scalpel, an advanced laparoscopic technique when compared electrocautery. Methods: From June, 2021 through December 2022, a total 50 pati...

Coexistence of horseshoe kidney and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a rare entity that presents a technical challenge to vascular surgeons. How to approach such an AAA with horseshoe kidney and whether to divide the renal isthmus remains a controversial issue. We report here the successful surgical repair of an AAA with horseshoe kidney via the transperitoneal approach with division of the r...

Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) actually represents the most used and proper treatment for gallbladder lithiasis, because its many and known advantages in comparison with 'open' abdominal surgery. But there are some problems during and after LC due to the use of the electric scalpel and these have brought to the search of an alternative system of dissection and coagulation. The ultrasonically...