title: [Specific complications of minimally invasive surgery].
abstract: Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) is fundamentally different from open surgery regarding positioning of the patient, access routes and instrumentation. Each of these aspects is associated with its own specific morbidity, such as positioning-related complications, trocar-induced lesions, hypercapnia-associated phenomena and thermal damage. The growing experience of surgeons and technological progress have increased patient safety to a maximum and have resulted in an impressive spread of MIS in the various fields of surgery including the most common, such as cholecystectomy and hernia repair and special fields, such as bariatric, thoracic and oncological surgery. This narrative review summarizes the current knowledge on the inherent complications of MIS.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum, Klinikstr.1, 78052, Villingen-Schwenningen, Deutschland. Norbert.Runkel@sbk-vs.de.
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authors.lastname: Runkel
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie, Schwarzwald-Baar Klinikum, Klinikstr.1, 78052, Villingen-Schwenningen, Deutschland.
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authors.lastname: Jurcovan
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000209:etiology; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013525:Surgical Instruments; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects
keywords: Hypercapnia; Positioning-related injury; Thermal lesions; Thoracic surgery; Trocar-related damage