Safety and advantages of endoscopic surgery
- Author:
Nguyen Dinh Hoi
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
endoscopic surgery
- MeSH:
surgery;
Endoscopy;
Safety;
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic;
epidemiology
- From:Journal Ho Chi Minh Medical
2004;8(4):199-203
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
From May 1995 to August 2004, laparoscopic cholecystectomy for 33 kinds of endoscopic operation according to 7 different specialities: bile-liver, digestive tract, abdomen, urine, thorax, joints with total number 7.462 were done. The duration of implementation of each operations were different. The mortality of laparoscopic cholecystectomies was 0.03%, postoperation events was 0.23%, complications was 0.23%. The duration of post-operative hospitalization was 3 days. Endoscopic surgery is safe and minimally invasive in comparison with open surgery. With advantages of endoscopic surgery, the surgeons can reach the lesions in the deep locations
