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  2. Laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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    In 1985, he constructed the pelvi-trainer = laparo-trainer, a practical surgical model whereby colleagues could practice laparoscopic techniques. Semm published over 1000 papers in various journals. He also produced over 30 endoscopic films and more than 20,000 colored slides to teach and inform interested colleagues about his technique.

  3. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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    Surgeons performing laparoscopic surgery. As of 2012, more than 40% of colon resections in the United States are performed via a laparoscopic approach. [5] For laparoscopic colectomy, the typical operative technique involves 4-5 separate incisions made in the abdomen.

  4. Single-port laparoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Single-port laparoscopy (SPL) is a recently developed technique in laparoscopic surgery. It is a minimally invasive surgical procedure in which the surgeon operates almost exclusively through a single entry point, typically the patient's navel. Unlike a traditional multi-port laparoscopic approach, SPL leaves only a single small scar.

  5. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    The right and left colon sit in the retroperitoneum. To access this space an incision is made along the line of Toldt. The colon is then mobilized from the retroperitoneum. Care is taken to avoid injury to the ureters and duodenum. The surgery then follows the same steps as small bowel resection.

  6. Nephrectomy - Wikipedia

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    Laparoscopic nephrectomy. The surgery is performed with the patient under general anesthesia. A kidney can be removed through an open incision or by laparoscopic surgery. For the open procedure, the surgeon makes an incision in the side of the abdomen to reach the kidney. Depending on circumstances, the incision can also be made midline.

  7. Morcellator - Wikipedia

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    A morcellator is a surgical instrument used for division and removal of large masses of tissues during laparoscopic surgery. [1] In laparoscopic hysterectomy the uterus is cut up in strips, or morcellated, into smaller pieces inside the patient's abdominal cavity in order to extract from the abdomen.

  8. Coital Alignment Technique: Why This Sex Position Reliably ...

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    The “coital alignment technique,” aka CAT. (Photo: Illustration by Isabella Carapella) In onestudy of women who were unable to orgasm from missionary sex, published in the Journal of Sex and ...

  9. Abdominoperineal resection - Wikipedia

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    William Ernest Miles (1869–1947), an English surgeon first performed the surgery of removing the rectum in 1907. He assumed that the rectal cancer can spread in both upwards and downward directions, thus necessitating the removal of the entire rectum together with the anal sphincters, resulting in a permanent stoma by connecting the proximal end of the descending colon to the skin.