Laparoscopic Surgery
Subtitle: Principles and Procedures
Contributors: Daniel B. Jones (Editor); Justin S. Wu (Editor); Nathaniel J. Soper (Editor)
Publisher: Quality Medical Pub
Published: January 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781576260074
Subjects: Medical equipment & techniques; Surgery; Surgery - General; Surgical Instruments And Apparatus; Medical; methods; Health/Fitness; Surgery, Laparoscopic; Endoscopic surgery; Laparoscopic surgery; Surgery, Minimally Invasive
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.