Publications by authors named "Joao Paulo Meireles de Araujo Teixeira"

Background And Aims: Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery (LECS) combines advantages of endoscopy and laparoscopy in order to resect upper gastrointestinal lesions. Our aim was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of LECS in patients with EGJ (esophagogastric junction), gastric and duodenal lesions, as well as to compare LECS with pure endoscopic and pure laparoscopic procedures.

Methods: PubMed, Scopus, and ISI Web of Knowledge were searched.

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