Laparoscopy Today

FROM THE 18th SLS ANNUAL MEETING: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION CANCER AND LAPAROSCOPY

Advanced Robotic Technique as a Surgical Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer
David Samadi, MD

What you leave behind is as important as what you remove. Robotic treatment of prostate cancer offers benefits over other approaches. 

FROM THE 18th SLS ANNUAL MEETING: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PLENARY SESSION CANCER AND LAPAROSCOPY

The Role of Laparoscopy in Pediatric Abdominal Malignant Tumors presented by Gustavo Stringel, MD, MBA & Cancer and Laparoscopy: Pearls and Pitfalls presented by Stephen Kavic, MD

Laparoscopy in the pediatric patient can be used for biopsy, resection, and to evaluate the need for resection. Malignant tumors occur in 1 to 2 of every 10,000 patients less than 15 years of age.