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. 2021 Apr-Jun;17(2):271-273.
doi: 10.4103/jmas.JMAS_179_19.

Twenty years of mini-laparoscopy in Brazil: What we have learned so far

Diego Laurentino Lima  1 , Gustavo Lopes Carvalho  2 , Raquel Nogueira Cordeiro  3
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Twenty years of mini-laparoscopy in Brazil: What we have learned so far

Diego Laurentino Lima et al. J Minim Access Surg. 2021 Apr-Jun.

Abstract

The mini-laparoscopic cholecystectomy (MLC) was first performed in 1996, as the logical advancement of the conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy. In Brazil, mini-laparoscopy was first performed in 1998, by Professors Peter Goh and Go Wakabaiashi, who performed a cholecystectomy using 3-mm instruments. The first study, with a considerable number of patients, was performed in Recife by Dr. Carvalho, and he reported that 719 patients were submitted to a MLC with a small rate of conversion for conventional laparoscopy. We discuss the development of mini-laparoscopy in Brazil for the past 20 years.

Keywords: Cholecystectomy; hernia; laparoscopy; minimally invasive surgical procedures.

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