Minimally Invasive Surgery

Abstract

The field of Minimally Invasive Surgery or Minimally Access Surgery (MAS) as it is commonly known has grown remarkably over the past two decades. MAS has a steep learning curve and unexpected complications with MAS are not infrequent unless approached with great caution. However it leads to a shorter hospital stay, less analgesic use, rapid return to school and a better cosmetic outcome. MAS in children started in India a decade ago, and has a great impact on the way we manage pediatric surgical problems today. This article is a brief description of most of the procedures that are being done with the help of MAS. In addition to these, new techniques, procedures and innovations are always ongoing in this fast developing field. MAS is being practiced in limited centers in our country with expanding experience and indications. Its use in children as the first option for early appendicitis, intraabdominal testis, gall stone disease and a few other conditions is now proven beyond doubt. There are other indications and areas of application of MAS which are continuously evolving and needs institutional audit and validation at every step before moving to the next phase.

Facile design of plant-oil-infused fine surface asperity for transparent blood-repelling endoscope lens

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“…[1][2][3] This has contributed to improving the QOL of patients. [4][5][6] Endoscopes are oen used for internal inspection of the human body, for example, to locate and operate tumors without laparotomy, which is the surgical procedure of making a large incision in the abdomen. The use of an endoscope not only reduces the size of the required incision, but also enables quick post-surgery recovery.…”

“…(3)shows the dip process for forming the film. After the dipping, the solvent is evaporated and the nanoparticles are self-assembled, as shown in(4). (5)shows the SEM image of the nanoparticle layer after the evaporation and self-assembly.…”

Reparación toracoscópica de atresia esofágica con y sin fistula traqueoesofágica

“…sin embargo, múltiples publicaciones han descrito pacientes intervenidos con este abordaje sin encontrar diferencias en la morbimortalidad con respecto al abordaje extrapleural. por el contrario, se han publicado varios estudios no randomizados, en los que no se han podido establecer diferencias significativas en las tasas de morbilidad y mortalidad entre el abordaje extrapleural y el transpleural [7][8][9][10] . el principal obstáculo técnico en esta cirugía es la sutura de la anastomosis.…”

Radiotracer studies for the uptake of silver from aqueous solution by TODGA-impregnated silica gel

“…Therefore, the development of a sensitive and selective method for the determination and separation of silver is very needful. Various methods have been used for the determination of silver, including AAS [3][4][5][6][7], spectrophotometric method [8][9][10], ICP-MS [11], electrolysis [12,13], radioisotope dilution [14][15][16][17], and potentiometric methods using well-tailored ion-selective electrodes [18]. Silver(I) has also been determined by differential pulse voltammetry using a glassy carbon electrode modified with various synthesized reagents [19,20].…”