title: [Laparoscopic surgery. Experience with the first pediatric surgical patients].
abstract: The surgery technique and technology are changing. Nowadays, the laparoscopic surgery, endoscopic surgery or minimum invasive surgery are done routinely at many hospitals. General surgeons, gynecologists, thoracic surgeons and oncologists are using this kind of surgery frequently. The laparoscopic surgery, done by trained surgeons, no matter their specialty, has demonstrated many advantages over the traditional surgery: less post operation painful, less chirurgical time and hospitalization; better esthetics results; less complications; early ambulation and back to normal life in very short time. Today in Mexico there are no reports concerning pediatric patients, operated by pediatric surgeons using laparoscopic surgery. Our purpose is to show our experience in laparoscopic surgery and the results of the first five children who have been operated by this method.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica y Cirugía General, Hospital MIG, México, D.F.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azuara-Fernández
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Skinfield-Fernández
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Azuara-Gutiérrez
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Torres-Cisneros
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rojas-Pavo
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ballesteros-Loyo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez-Fentanes
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pérez de la Vega-Armendáriz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000379:methods; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D020706:Laparoscopes; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008800:Mexico; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative