Laparoscopic Gynae-oncological Procedures: Lessons Learnt After a Single Institution Audit of Complications and Their Management in 567 Consecutive Patients.

Study Objective: To retrospectively evaluate the complications of the laparoscopic pelvic surgeries and to formulate the guidelines to avoid them.

Design: Retrospective study (Canadian Classification).

Setting: Advanced Laparoscopic Institute.

Robotic oncological surgery: our initial experience of 164 cases.

Minimal access surgery is an accepted modality for benign surgery. Despite the advantages of laparoscopy, its acceptance in oncology is slow. Robotic surgery is an emerging field with rapid acceptance because of the 3-dimensional image, dexterity of instruments and autonomy of camera control.

Robotic rectovaginal fistula repair.

Minimally invasive surgery for diseases in the pelvic region is gaining popularity due to advances in technology and increased benefit to the patient. As indications for such surgeries increase, the known boundaries for minimal access are being extended by a few teams. We report a patient who underwent robotic-assisted transabdominal repair of a high rectovaginal fistula which developed following a vaginal hysterectomy.

Single-incision total laparoscopic hysterectomy with conventional laparoscopy ports.

Objective: To study the feasibility of performing single-incision total laparoscopic hysterectomy using conventional ports and instruments.

Methods: Patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery at Galaxy Care Laparoscopic Institute, Pune, India, between January 2007 and December 2010 were selected for participation. All procedures were performed using conventional laparoscopic instruments and trocars.

Laparoscopic removal of pelvic hydatid cysts in young female: a case report.

Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection caused by larval stages of dog tapeworms belonging to the genus Echinococcus (family taeniidae) and is also referred to as echinococcosis. Human cystic echinococcosis caused by E. granulosus is the most common presentation and probably accounts for more than 95% of the estimated 2-3 million annual worldwide cases.