[Validation of laparoscopic surgical techniques].
The use of laparoscopic surgery has increased rapidly. However, a technically feasible procedure is not automatically recommendable. Thus, if cholecystectomy and fundoplication are currently fully validated techniques, this does not hold true for gastroplasty and kidney harvesting for transplantation: these operations are feasible indeed but their efficacy remains to be proved. Laparoscopic oncology has been shown to be feasible too, but its efficacy has not been documented yet.
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Service de chirurgie, CHUV, Lausanne. Vincent.Bettschart@chuv.hospvd.ch
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D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome