Keyhole surgery - Recently, minimally invasive, or keyhole, surgery (laparoscopy see ... ...

Keyhole surgery - The doctor as video games player - Surgeons are rushing in to try their hand at minimally invasive operations without proper training or understanding of when they are appropriate. ...

Case study: Risks of Keyhole surgery - In August 1991 I underwent a laparoscopic cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder via keyhole surgery) and shortly afterward experienced pain on...

Gallbladder cancer linked to keyhole surgery - Keyhole surgery can trigger gallbladder cancer or cause it to recur, researchers have found. The procedure, known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, whi...

Hernia: Keyhole surgery is no better than a standard op - Laparoscopic – or keyhole - surgery is the new, less invasive method that allows the patient to leave the hospital after just a few days.

HOSPITAL SURVIVAL GUIDE - This essential guide covers, among many other things: choosing a good hospital, seven ways to have a healthier hospital stay, asserting your rights, a...

Angioplasty: mostly hot air - A recent study and editorial in the Journal of the American College of Cardiologists (19:946-7) casts doubt on the entire concept of coronary angiopla...

Vein op full of hot air - The use of angioplasty for people with blocked arteries in the lower extremities the revolutionary procedure that was supposed to help prevent bypass...