Evaluation of the Console in Acquiring Laparoscopic Skills through Video Gaming.

Study Objective: Video gaming experience and practice is known to help attain and improve laparoscopic skills. We compared the impact of Wii (Nintendo, Kyoto, Japan) and XBox (Microsoft Inc., Redmond, WA) gaming experience on laparoscopic skills.

Incarcerated inguinal hernia management in children: 'a comparison of the open and laparoscopic approach'.

Purpose: To compare the outcomes of management of incarcerated inguinal hernia by open versus laparoscopic approach.

Methods: This is a retrospective analysis of incarcerated inguinal hernina in a paediatric surgery centre involving four consultants. Manual reduction was attempted in all and failure was managed by emergency surgery.

The role of laparoscopy in the management of adnexal lesions in children.

Aim: Laparoscopy has replaced laparotomy in a variety of surgical abdominal conditions. In pediatric patients the vast majority of adnexal lesions are benign. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and feasibility of laparoscopy in adnexal pathology in children.