Background Minimally invasive surgery, including laparoscopy and robotics, has
significantly improved general surgical (GS) practice globally. While robot‐assisted GS …

BACKGROUND Laparoscopic surgery has reduced morbidity and mortality rates, shorter
postoperative recovery periods and lower complication rates than open surgery. It is routine …

Background End colostomy rates following colorectal resection vary across institutions in
high-income settings, being influenced by patient, disease, surgeon and system factors. This …

Background: For the benefits of less postoperative pain, early recovery and discharge, and
better cosmesis, laparoscopic surgery is rapidly gaining acceptance amongst surgeons as a …

Background: Laparoscopic surgery has long been practiced in western countries, but the
practice is relatively new in Ethiopia. Documented practices of laparoscopic surgery in …

Background: Even though, laparoscopy has evolved as the gold standard of treatment for
abdominal surgical pathologies, a lot of problems and challenges are still associated with its …

Background: Laparoscopic surgical services are well established in most hospitals in
developed countries but not in developing countries like Nigeria. Moreover, the scope of …

Background: The practice of laparoscopy involves the use of training models that are
different from conventional open surgery. These concepts are not captured in the traditional …

Background Metrics of sustainability and frank descriptions of the unique challenges,
successes, failures, and lessons learned from a longitudinal laparoscopic program in …

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