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The Evolution of Laparoscopic Surgery in Routine Health Care

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2009

Naarilla Hirsch  and
David Hailey
Naarilla Hirsch
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
David Hailey
Affiliation:
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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Abstract

While laparoscopic cholecystectomy is now widely used, diffusion of other laparoscopic surgical methods has been more modest. Uptake of most laparoscopic methods has been influenced by considerations of effectiveness compared with open surgery, competing minimally invasive therapies, and the inconvenience and cost of technical change.

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International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , Fall 1995 , pp. 779 - 785
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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