Abdominal Surgery

Surgical interdisciplinarity is needed for abdominal surgery

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 6th, 2004

Interdisciplinary cooperation between surgical specialties is necessary for optimal treatment outcome, researchers say.

According to a study from Germany, "Cooperation between different surgical disciplines arises from the employment of nonoperative procedures as a supplement to operative treatment (sequential multidisciplinary operations) and synchronized multidisciplinary or simultaneous operations."

"The objective is to ensure optimized treatment results. Complementary preoperative measures are the endoscopic removal of bile duct stones, interventional portal vein embolization, percutaneous abscess drainage, and so-called stenting in case of...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-07-06)

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