Laparoscopy and Treatment: An All-Encompassing Solution for Surgeons
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Research".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 26 October 2025 | Viewed by 534
Special Issue Editors
2. General Surgery Department, “Sf. Ioan” Clinical Emergency Hospital, 13 Vitan-Bârzeşti Road, 042122 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: oncological; staging laparoscopy; tool; radical surgery; diagnostic
2. General Surgery Department, “Sf. Ioan” Clinical Emergency Hospital, 13 Vitan-Bârzeşti Road, 042122 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: oncological; staging laparoscopy; tool; radical surgery; diagnostic
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In an era where patient-reported outcomes have become more important, one of the tools that every surgeon should have in their bag is diagnostic laparoscopy. This versatile instrument can serve as a diagnostic confirmation and definitive treatment. Through a couple of trocars placed into the abdomen, a surgeon can diagnose a variety of surgical ailments, such as bowel infarction, the site of obstruction in bowel obstruction, occult hernias, and, last but not least, trauma. In addition, the oncological field is another place where it shines: intraperitoneal tumors, peritoneal carcinomatosis, and superficial liver metastases that were not identified upon imaging. Staging laparoscopy is recommended for pancreatic and gastric cancers, thus providing a potential indication for radical surgery. Laparoscopy is not only diagnostic, but after identifying the nature of the surgical disease one can perform various laparoscopic surgeries with net advantages when compared to the open approach.
Prof. Dr. Niculae Iordache
Dr. Claudiu-Octavian Ungureanu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oncological
- staging laparoscopy
- tool
- radical surgery
- diagnostic
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