Natural body orifices such as the vagina and rectum offer concealed access points for potentially scar-free laparoscopic surgery (so-called 'natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery'). Gill and ...

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus. This may be used to treat women with various conditions including chronic pelvic pain, heavy periods, fibroids, or cancer of the uterus or the ...

Shockwave lithotripsy or endourologic treatments such as percutaneous nephrostolithotomy are the primary options in most cases of renal stones. Open and laparoscopic procedures are also applied for ...

The first laparoscopic splenectomy in a child was performed by Tulman in 1993 [1]. During the following years laparoscopic splenectomy became a gold standard in many centres [2, 3]. In our department ...

An advanced technique devised by a Vietnamese doctor for thyroid laparoscopy is bringing doctors from other countries to Vietnam. Doctor Hassan Uthman Uthman Alghamdi, general surgery consultant at ...

Background: In most hospitals, several options for the management of renal stones are available: shockwave lithotripsy, endourologic treatment, or surgery. Choice of treatment is based on the anatomic ...

Hysterectomy is performed for a variety of benign conditions that have not responded to conservative management, including heavy menstrual bleeding, symptomatic uterine fibroids, chronic pelvic pain ...