The laparoscopic surgery including laparoscopic diagnosis, laparoscopic surgery, abdominal laparoscopy and cervical laparoscopy. The Institute implemented 6058 operations comprising gynecological and obstetrical surgery in which there were 1003 patients receiving the laparoscopic surgery (16,56%) in 2000. The rate of the laparoscopic surgery / gynecological surgery was 1003/2791 = 35,94%. The common indication of endoscopy were infertility (41,48%), ectopic pregnancy (29,21%) cystic ovary (11,37%). 20 patients with the ectopic pregnancy changed from laparoscopic surgery to the traditional surgery. 2 cases in the abdominal endoscopy suffered complication. There was no complication in 82 cases of the cervical endoscopy. That indicated that the endoscopy is the safe surgery with the low complication
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Laparoscopy ; surgery

Introduction-Methods: Laparoscopic Surgery is now widely developed throughout the world. The same thing does happen at Vietnam from 1992. This study aim to collect all data of Vietnamese Laparoscopic Surgery from 1992 up to now (1999) - by reports from 60 Institutes and hospitals throughout Vietnam as well as many published reports of Vietnamese doctors. By this, suggest the direction of laparoscopic surgery development in near future. Result: By the reports of 60 Institutes - Hospitals: 12 of central level- directly lead by the Ministry of health and 48 other ones (mainly provincial hospitals) Twenty six of them (43,3%) perform already laparoscopic surgery (LS). So 3/4 (75%) hospital lead by the Ministry of Health, and almost one third (35,5%) of other hospital has installed L.S. The total number of surgery is 22.351 cases of abdominal surgery, obstetric- gynecology, cardiovascular thoracic surgery, ENT with good results. Actual difficulties: financial support, material and equipment. Direction: development of LS to big provincial hospitals especially University Centers as well as performing of difficult operations of high quality and minimally invasive technique. Attention must be paid for the patient‘s safety, firstly for indication and surgical procedure. Conclusion: L.S is fairly developed in Viet nam (quantity and quality). It is needed further development. Particular attention must be paid for patient‘s safety (indication, surgical procedure). Local made equipment materials are preferable to reduce the medical fees
Laparoscopy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; surgery

The authors introduced about the application of laparoscopy in obstetrics and gynecology simultaneously, the authors also sum up to value the first results of laparoscopic surgery at Clinic B10, Hospital 103. During 2 years 1999-2000, the total of 28 surgeries performed by laparoscopy including ovary cyst, entopic pregnancy, Fallopian tubal infertility... showed many advantages
Laparoscopy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; surgery

A retrospective study was conducted on 118 patients (45 males and 73 females, mean age of 56.6) had their laparoscopic holecystectomy removed at the General Viet Tiep Hospital from Jan 2002-Dec 2004. The results as followed: cholelithiasis accounted for 96.6%, in which 76.3% were single cholelithiasis with symptoms; acute stone cholecystitis 17.8% and atrophic cholecystitis 2.5%. The rate of general complication in surgery was 20.3%, except for three open surgery cases; most of cases with complications was treated during surgery. The average time of surgery was 46.8 minutes, the average hospitalization time after surgery was 4.8 days. The rate of complication was 5.2% and there is no deaths. The laparoscopic cholecystectomy has more advantages than classical open cholecystectomy: safety, short of surgery time, quick recovery, less complications, and good aestheticism. Because of these advantages, the surgery can replace for the classical surgery, it is an ideal method in treating cholelithiasis, grall-bladder polyp, acute or chronic cholelithiasis.
Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Surgery ; Cholelithiasis

"Big Incision, Big Surgeon !!" At the beginning of surgery, excellence was associated with big incisions and rapidity of the operation because of the anesthesia. But, nowadays there has been a big change after the development of laparoscopic surgery. It is not a discipline unto itself, but more a philosophy of surgery, a way of thinking. " Small Incision, Best Surgeon!!" So-called Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is a means of performing major operations through small incisions, often using miniaturized, high-tech imaging systems, to minimize the trauma of surgical exposure. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy became the stepping stone of the present status of MIS and is opening the dawn of the least invasive and eventually to non-invasive surgery, for exemple, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES). I review the history of laparoscopic cholecystectomy cholecystectomy and introduce what procedures the surgeons are performing in the field of hepatopancreato biliary diseases.
Anesthesia ; Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; Laparoscopy ; Natural Orifice Endoscopic Surgery ; Philosophy ; Thinking

PURPOSE: Laparoscopic techniques have allowed surgeons to perform complicated intra-abdominal surgery with minimal trauma. Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) was developed with the aim of reducing the invasiveness of conventional laparoscopy. In this study we aimed to compare results of SILS cholecystectomy and three port conventional laparoscopic (TPCL) cholecystectomy prospectively. METHODS: In this prospective study, 100 patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease were randomly allocated to SILS cholecystectomy (group 1) or TPCL cholecystectomy (group 2). Demographics, pathologic diagnosis, operating time, blood loss, length of hospital stay, complications, pain score, conversion rate, and satisfaction of cosmetic outcome were recorded. RESULTS: Forty-four SILS cholesystectomies (88%) and 42 TPCL cholecystectomies (84%) were completed successfully. Conversion to open surgery was required for 4 cases in group 1 and 6 cases in group 2. Operating time was significantly longer in group 1 compared with group 2 (73 minutes vs. 48 minutes; P < 0.05). Higher pain scores were observed in group 1 versus group 2 in postoperative day 1 (P < 0.05). There was higher cosmetic satisfaction in group 1 (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: SILS cholecystectomy performed by experienced surgeons is at least as successful, feasible, effective and safe as a TPCL cholecystectomy. Surgeons performing SILS should have a firm foundation of advanced minimal access surgical skills and a cautious, gradated approach to attempt the various procedures. Prospective randomized studies comparing single access versus conventional multiport laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with large volumes and long-term follow-up, are needed to confirm our initial experience. (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01772745.)
Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic* ; Conversion to Open Surgery ; Demography ; Diagnosis ; Follow-Up Studies ; Gallbladder Diseases ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Prospective Studies*

PURPOSE: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has been performed even in case of acute cholecystitis and GB empyema with increasing experience of laparoscopic surgery. Many previous studies has been recommended early laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis. METHODS: From February, 1997 to January, 2000, 364 patients were attempted to laparoscopic cholecystectomy and 71 patients of them were attempted to laparoscopic cholecystectomy due to acute cholecytitis. They were divided into 4 groups based on the time of operation form the onset of symptom. These groups were compared in conversion rate and postoperative clinical outcomes, such as operation time, time of bowel movement, starting diet, starting soft diet and discharge. The affecting factors on conversion were analyzed (age, sex, fever, murphy sign, accompanying pancreatitis, SGOT/SGPT, alkaline phosphatase, GB wall thickening, WBC count). RESULTS: Among 71 patients who were attempt to laparoscopic cholecystectomy in acute cholecystitis, 20 patients (28.1%) required converting to open surgery. There were no statistically significant difference in clinical outcomes and conversion rate between four groups (p>0.568). In univariate analyis, high frequency of conversion to open surgery in acute cholecystitis was observed in male (p=0.012). CONCLUSION: Even though conversion rate to open surgery is still high in acute cholecystitis, the time of laparoscopic surgery in acute cholecystits does not affect on the conversion rate and postoperative clinical outcomes. Considering of the hospital stay and its related economic problems, laparoscopic cholecystectomy should be attempted as soon as possible without hesitation. It may be due to advanced laparoscopic techniques and experiences.
Alkaline Phosphatase ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic* ; Cholecystitis, Acute* ; Conversion to Open Surgery ; Diet ; Empyema ; Fever ; Humans ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Male ; Pancreatitis

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE

Robotic surgery for rectal malignancies in the Philippines is emerging. Evidence has shown promising results for robot-assisted (R) rectal surgery when compared to the laparoscopic (L) and open (O) approach. This study discussed the clinicopathologic outcomes of the first robotic rectal resections versus laparoscopic and open rectal resections at the Philippine General Hospital (PGH).

This was a retrospective cohort of 45 consecutive surgical resections for rectal malignancy done at the PGH from March 2019 to October 2019 that compared the outcomes of the first 15 robotic procedures done at the institution versus laparoscopic (n=15) and open (n=15) operations performed during the same time period. One-way ANOVA was done to determine significant differences among variables, while Bonferonni multiple comparison test was done to analyze differences among means.

The 45 patients in the study had a mean age of 56.04 ± 13.45 years. The patients were mostly male (60%). Most of the tumors were located in the low rectum (27/45; 60%). Most of the patients had locally-advanced (at least Stage IIIB) disease (27/45; 60%), and warranted neoadjuvant treatment (41/45; 91.11%). Most patients underwent a sphincter-saving procedure (34/45; 75.56%). All three groups had comparable baseline characteristics. The R-group had the longest operative time (438.07 ± 124.57; p value < 0.0001). Blood loss was significantly highest in the R-group (399 ± 133.07 cc; p value - 0.0020) as well, while no statistical difference was observed between the Oand L-groups (p value – 0.75). No conversion to open was noted in the R- and L-groups. Most of the patients had well-differentiated adenocarcinoma (22/45; 48.49%). All patients in the L- and O-groups had an R0 resection There were two R1 resections in the R-group. All patients who underwent an open surgery had a negative circumferential resection margin (CRM); L-group 93.99%, R-group 69.23%. All patients had adequate proximal and distal resection margins. Those who underwent an open surgery had the shortest post-operative length of stay (LOS) (p value – 0.0002). Post-operative ileus (7/45; 15.56%) was the most commonly encountered morbidity, and was seen mostly in the R-group (3/15; 20%). One patient in the R-group underwent a transanal repair of an anastomotic dehiscence and was discharged three days after reoperation. There was no reported mortality.

Our institution with a beginning robotic colorectal surgery program showed promise as its initial outcomes for rectal cancer were compared to the more often-performed open and laparoscopic procedures. The authors expect more favorable clinicopathological outcomes as our staff overcome the prescribed learning curve for robotic surgery.

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
surgery ; Endoscopy ; Safety ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic ; epidemiology

PURPOSE: Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has become a more frequently performed method for benign gallbladder diseases all over the world. The effects of SILC technique on oxidative stress have not been well documented. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of laparoscopic cholecystectomy techniques on systemic oxidative stress by using ischemia modified albumin (IMA). METHODS: In total, 70 patients who had been diagnosed with benign gallbladder pathology were enrolled for this prospective study. Twenty-one patients underwent SILC and 49 patients underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). All operations were performed under a standard anesthesia protocol. Serum IMA levels were analysed before operation, 45 minutes and 24 hours after operation. RESULTS: Demographics and preoperative characteristics of the patients were similiar in each group. The mean duration of operation was 37.5 ± 12.5 and 44.6 ± 14.3 minutes in LC and SILC group, respectively. In both groups, there was no statistically significant difference in hospital stay, operative time, or conversion to open surgery. Operative technique did not effect the 45th minute and 24th hour IMA levels. However, prolonged operative time (>30 minutes) caused an early increase in the level of IMA. Twenty-fourth hour IMA levels were not different. CONCLUSION: SILC is an effective and safe surgical prosedure for benign gallbladder diseases. Independent of the surgical technique for cholecystectomy, the prolonged operative time could increase the tissue ischemia.
Anesthesia ; Cholecystectomy ; Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic* ; Conversion to Open Surgery ; Demography ; Gallbladder ; Gallbladder Diseases ; Gallstones ; Humans ; Ischemia ; Laparoscopy ; Length of Stay ; Methods ; Operative Time ; Oxidative Stress* ; Pathology ; Prospective Studies*