Advanced laparoscopy in our gastroenterologic surgical practice

Introduction: Laparoscopy has gained wide acceptance for the treatment of gall bladder diseases. Despite the good international data the use of advanced laparoscopy is spreading quite slowly in Hungary. We publish the results of our first series of patients operated with advanced laparoscopic technique. Patients: Between October 2008 and February 2009 we performed 7 laparoscopic colorectal resections. We did 1 right hemicolectomy, 4 left sided resections, 1 anterior rectal resection and 1 abdominoperineal rectal exstirpation. We did not have intra-operative complication. The mean operating time was 220 minutes.…