Published online July 3, 2006
PEDIATRICS Vol. 118 No. 1 July 2006, pp. 304-308 (doi:10.1542/peds.2005-2736)
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STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW ARTICLE

Pediatric Minimal-Access Surgery: Update 2006

Jeffrey L. Zitsman, MD

Division of Pediatric Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York

ABSTRACT

Pediatric patients continue to benefit from the advances made in minimal-access surgery. Improvements in techniques and tools have made minimal-access procedures increasingly available to children. Growing popularity of laparoscopy and thoracoscopy has resulted in greater numbers of patients available for outcomes analysis. Randomized, controlled studies have been difficult to perform because of parent, patient, and physician selection bias.

Key Words: pediatric minimal-access surgery • laparoscopy • thoracoscopy

Abbreviations: MAS—minimal-access surgery • ONF—open Nissen fundoplication • LNF—laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication • LAGB—laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding

Accepted Feb 6, 2006.