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Contraindications to Laparoscopy

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This chapter reviews the relative contraindications to laparoscopy and general considerations to apply to the safe application of laparoscopy.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Vanderbilt University Hospital, 1211 Medical Center Drive, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA

    Brandon Williams MD (Assistant Professor of Surgery)

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  1. , Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, 1100 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, 19107, Pennsylvania, USA

    David S. Tichansky, MD, FACS

  2. Minimally Invasive Surgery, Stanford School of Medicine, Pasteur Drive 300, Stanford, 94305, USA

    John Morton, MD, MPH

  3. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical, Center (BIDMC), Harvard Medical School, Brookline Ave. 330, Boston, 02215-5400, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel B. Jones

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Williams, B. (2012). Contraindications to Laparoscopy. In: Tichansky, MD, FACS, D., Morton, MD, MPH, J., Jones, D. (eds) The SAGES Manual of Quality, Outcomes and Patient Safety. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-7901-8_22

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