Staging Laparoscopy

by Daniel F. Heinz

Laparoscopy in combination with laparoscopic ultrasonography is a new staging procedure for tumors of the abdomen. Accurate staging also improves the treatment of several other tumor entities, such as pancreatic and gastric cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, and liver malignancies. Laparoscopic staging helps prevent unnecessary laparotomies, provides much less trauma to the patient, gives maximum information on tumor spread, and enables palliative...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540656324
• ISBN13: 9783540656326
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.4" x 9.5"