TY - JOUR
T1 - Mini-invasive surgery may be advised in oncology
AU - Guicciardi, Marco Azzola
AU - Andreoni, Bruno
AU - Croce, Enrico
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - In the last decade mini-invasive surgery has consistently developed with good results, but also with some unjustified clinical applications. This review is aimed at defining evidence based indications and procedures ('clinical practice') and those still worthy of controlled studies in oncologic centers with expertise in mininvasive surgery ('clinical research'). At present, diagnostic and staging laparoscopy and thoracoscopy represent the 'standard' for different tumors. Conversely, therapeutic indications according to evidence based medicine criteria are still limited. Tumors treatment by mini-invasive surgery requires 'expertise' on the part of the surgical team; this can be achieved by extensive training of a correct use of instruments and methods following the general surgical principles of traditional 'open surgery'. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
AB - In the last decade mini-invasive surgery has consistently developed with good results, but also with some unjustified clinical applications. This review is aimed at defining evidence based indications and procedures ('clinical practice') and those still worthy of controlled studies in oncologic centers with expertise in mininvasive surgery ('clinical research'). At present, diagnostic and staging laparoscopy and thoracoscopy represent the 'standard' for different tumors. Conversely, therapeutic indications according to evidence based medicine criteria are still limited. Tumors treatment by mini-invasive surgery requires 'expertise' on the part of the surgical team; this can be achieved by extensive training of a correct use of instruments and methods following the general surgical principles of traditional 'open surgery'. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
KW - Cancer
KW - Laparoscopy
KW - Thoracoscopy
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U2 - 10.1016/S1040-8428(00)00052-4
DO - 10.1016/S1040-8428(00)00052-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 10838262
AN - SCOPUS:0034112349
VL - 34
SP - 169
EP - 173
JO - Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
JF - Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology
SN - 1040-8428
IS - 3
ER -