MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY - ITS IMPACT ON OPEN SURGERY

Citation
V. Schumpelick et E. Schippers, MINIMAL INVASIVE SURGERY - ITS IMPACT ON OPEN SURGERY, Langenbecks Archiv fur Chirurgie, 1996, pp. 528-532
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
ISSN journal
00238236
Year of publication
1996
Supplement
2
Pages
528 - 532
Database
ISI
SICI code
0023-8236(1996):<528:MIS-II>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The impact of minimal invasive surgery on conventional surgery is dive rse. The fields it involves include: (1) pathophysiology of surgical t rauma; (2) instrumental technique; (3) medical - industrial interactio n; (4) laparoscopic diagnostic procedures; (5) intraoperative endoscop y; (6) patients' comfort; (7) quality control; (8) changing hierarchy; (9) loss of surgical dogmas and (10) globalisation.