Total Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Is Feasible, Shows Satisfactory Results
Saturday, June 13, 2009 - 05:56
in Health & Medicine
Recently the use of laparoscopy for vascular procedures has been limited by difficulties in aortic exposure and anastomosis techniques, as well as the concurrent competitive progress of endovascular surgery. For aortic repair, best results (in terms of long-term patency) have been obtained by conventional surgery which has been associated short-term morbidity and mortality.