title: Laparoscopic assisted surgery of the colon. Operative technique.
abstract: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the most common major abdominal operation performed endoscopically. Other surgical procedures performed endoscopically include hysterectomy, hernia repair, Nissen fundoplication, and vagotomy. More recently, laparoscopic colectomy has been described (1,2). We have performed over fifty laparoscopic assisted colonic procedures, the results of which have been published (2). In this paper we describe the technique of two laparoscopic assisted procedures in colonic surgery--right and left hemicolectomy.
authors.affiliation: Academic Surgical Unit, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, St. Mary's Hospital, London, Great Britain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Darzi
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Guillou
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Monson
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D002432:Cecum / Q000601:surgery; D003082:Colectomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D003106:Colon / Q000601:surgery; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000601:surgery; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D004210:Dissection; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods