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 radical hysterectomy: applying principles of the laparoscopic Pune technique.

Minimal access surgery is an accepted treatment modality in cervical cancer. Despite the advantages of laparoscopy, the surgical technique of laparoscopic radical hysterectomy is not very commonly performed. Robotic surgery is an emerging field with rapid acceptance because of the 3-dimensional image, dexterity of instruments and autonomy of camera control.

Preservation of autonomic nerves in laparoscopic total radical hysterectomy.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility, complications, margin status, and functional outcome (on urinary and sexual functions) of nerve-sparing radical hysterectomy (NSRH) performed laparoscopically.

Methods: Patients with cervical carcinoma of stage Ia2 and Ib1 underwent laparoscopic NSRH along with pelvic lymphadenectomy. We performed the technique in simple comprehensible steps with anatomic delineation of the autonomic nerves and selective cutting of the uterine and cervical branches.

Thoracolaparoscopy in the lateral position for esophageal cancer: the experience of a single institution with 112 consecutive patients.

Background: Esophagectomy has been performed using a thoracoabdominal, transhiatal, or transthoracic approach. All these methods have an acknowledged high intra- and postoperative morbidity. The principle of minimally invasive esophagectomy is to perform the operation the same as by the open approach but through a smaller incision, thus reducing the operative trauma without compromising the principles of the operation.

Laparoscopic total radical hysterectomy by the Pune technique: our experience of 248 cases.

Study Objective: To describe our experience and technique of total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy with pelvic lymphadenectomy, which is the largest single- institution study.

Design: Retrospective, nonrandomized study (Canadian Task Force classification II-2).

Setting: Private hospital.

Endoscopic thyroidectomy: Our technique.

Unlabelled: Minimally invasive surgery is widely employed for the treatment of thyroid diseases. Several minimal access approaches to the thyroid gland have been described. The commonly performed surgeries have been endoscopic lobectomies.

Laparoscopic pelvic exenteration for advanced pelvic cancers: a review of 16 cases.

Objective: The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate, in a series of 16 consecutive patients, the technique, feasibility and oncological safety of laparoscopic anterior exenteration for locally advanced pelvic cancers.

Study Design: Since August 2003, 16 patients with locally advanced pelvic cancer were considered. All patients were in a good general condition, in the age group of 50-60 years of which 12 had cervical carcinoma and 4 had bladder carcinoma.