Stress responses to endoscopic surgery
- 1 August 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Vol. 12 (4) , 303-307
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001703-200008000-00007
Abstract
Growing evidence in the literature suggests that laparoscopic surgery should be performed instead of laparotomy for the treatment of pelvic benign diseases whenever feasible, as it results in a lower stress response on the part of the patient and possibly a shorter recovery time.Keywords
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