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Laparoscopic surgery of the biliary tree
Author(s) -
Ricardo Arlene E.,
MacFadyen Bruce V.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of hepato‐biliary‐pancreatic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.63
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1868-6982
pISSN - 0944-1166
DOI - 10.1007/bf02391025
Subject(s) - medicine , tree (set theory) , general surgery , laparoscopic surgery , surgery , laparoscopy , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Summary The treatment of gallbladder and biliary tract pathology can be quite extensive, ranging from the treatment of simple cholelithiasis to the more complicated metastatic carcinomas. The combination of biliary endoscopy and laparoscopy allows the surgeon to perform minimally invasive procedures for these potentially complicated problems. It is important for the surgeon to be able to perform these procedures and to be able to manage any of the complications. As the surgeon's skill and expertise increases in this area of minimally invasive surgery, this will enable more operations to be done utilizing these techniques, thus decreasing hospitalization costs and allowing patients to return to their normal daily activities more rapidlly.