Sugantha Ganapathy
Sugantha Ganapathy
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is used for both extracardiac and intracardiac procedures. Extracardiac procedures, such as coronary artery bypass grafting, are often performed on a beating heart. Intracardiac procedures are done with th...
Ian D Conacher
Ian D Conacher
The surgical requirement for thoracoscopy is a good view of the contents of the thorax. This is achieved by capitalizing on natural consequences and the skills of anaesthesiologists to produce a pneumothorax and collapse the ipsilateral lun...
Mary C Mushambi,Karin Williamson
Mary C Mushambi
Use of the hysteroscope in modern gynaecological practice continues to develop as a diagnostic and management tool for intrauterine disease. Operative hysteroscopy (OH) is now an accepted alternative to hysterectomy for women with menorrhag...
Claus Lund
Claus Lund
It is of great importance that anaesthetic regimens match surgical procedures in regard to surgical time, in reducing organ dysfunction elicited by the anaesthesia and surgical trauma and by providing optimal post-operative pain treatment, ...
Irene E Leonard,Anthony J Cunningham
Irene E Leonard
Minimally invasive surgical procedures aim to minimize the trauma of the interventional process but still achieve a satisfactory therapeutic result. Tissue trauma is significantly less than that with conventional open procedures, offering t...