Laparoscopic Surgery
Subtitle: Principles and Procedures
Publisher: Marcel Dekker Inc
Published: March 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 489
ISBN-13: 9780824742775
Subjects: Medical equipment & techniques; Surgery; Surgery - General; Medical
First sentence: The rapid acceptance of laparoscopic cholecystectomy as the gold standard for removal of the gallbladder has led general surgeons to embrace minimally invasive surgical procedures, yet laparoscopic techniques have been investigated since the early twentieth century, with early proof of applicability established by gynecologists and urologists.