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[Laparoscopic operations in the aged]
1Klinik für Chirurgie, Klinikum Suhl.
Zentralblatt Fur Chirurgie
|January 1, 1994
Abstract:
There is no disagreement over the advantages of minimal-invasive surgical procedures even in the older patient. However the criteria for indication and patient selection concerning cardiopulmonary contraindications for CO2-pneumoperitoneum must be strictly considered. Using cholecystectomy and colorectal surgery as an example the problems and limits of the laparoscopic method are described.