… a computerized, relational database for minimal access surgery (MAS) that facilitates the …
and effective database that may be used as a tool for clinical research in MAS. We discuss …

… The cumulative effect of these events was the massive expansion of minimal access surgery
(MAS) for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes for abdominal conditions. The purpose …

… Pediatric patients continue to benefit from the advances made in minimal-access surgery.
Improvements in techniques and tools have made minimal-access procedures increasingly …

Background Minimal access surgery is not available to most people in rural areas of low-to
middle-income countries. This leads to an increase in morbidity and economic loss to the …

… Since the introduction of laparoscopic cholecystomy in the mid-1980s, 3 the laparoscope
has become a primary tool for surgeons in the application of minimal access procedures for …

… Navigating through minimal access surgical environments such as the human colon can
be … The implications of our findings for the design of navigational aids and training tools are …

The benefits of minimal access surgery (MAS) in terms of accelerated recovery, reduced
period of short-term disability, and patient outcome account for the widespread use of the …

… If so, this does not conflict with our conclusion, and using SV as a predictive tool should
necessitate serial SV measurements in each patient during quite a long time period before the …

… We present a new miniature robot for positioning sawing and milling-tool guides in minimal
access TKA. Initial results on sawbones and cadavers with the device are very promising, …

… In fact, according to Aslani et al. immediate results in the minimal access technique are better
… According to their results, the minimal access technique improved results in the short term …