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SUBCUTANEOUS METASTASES AFTER LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF MALIGNANCY
Author(s) -
Walsh David C. A.,
Wattchow David A.,
Wilson Thomas G.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1993.tb00454.x
Subject(s) - medicine , malignancy , resection , general surgery , laparoscopy , surgery , radiology
Following the introduction and widespread acceptance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic techniques have been applied to an increasing variety of general surgical procedures. Recently, laparoscopic procedures for resection of malignancy have begun to emerge, in particular laparoscopic assisted colectomy for carcinoma of the colon. 1,2 In the cases reported here, metastatic tumour in the laparoscopy port sites is described as a potentially serious complication of laparoscopic procedures for resection of malignancy.