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Minimal Access Surgery

Minimal access surgery compared honestly with open surgery: its genuine advantages, its real limitations, and how preoperative, operative and postoperative problems are managed when operating through a laparoscope.

What this lecture covers

  • Definition and the extent of minimal access surgery
  • Open versus laparoscopic surgery
  • Advantages of laparoscopic surgery
  • Limitations of laparoscopic surgery
  • Preoperative evaluation and preparation
  • Surgical principles
  • Managing preoperative and operative problems
  • Postoperative care and complications
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