Perivisceral endoscopy

Perivisceral endoscopy

Body planes can be accessed even in the absence of a natural cavity . Examples are mediastinoscopy , retroperitoneoscopy and retroperitoneal approaches to the kidney , aorta and lumbar sympathetic chain. Some of these approaches have been in place for many years (cervical mediastinoscopy was first performed in 1959); however, the availability of novel videoscopes has enhanced visualisation, thus improving the safety and accuracy of dissection. Extraperitoneal approaches to the retroperitoneal organs, as well as hernia repair, are now commonplace, further decreasing morbidity associated with manipulation of the visceral peritoneum. Other examples include subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery for ligation of incompetent perforating veins in varicose vein surgery and endoscopic harvesting of the saphenous vein for use in coronary artery bypass grafting. Masaki Watanabe , 1911–1995, orthopaedic surgeon, Tokyo, Japan, known as the ‘founder of modern arthroscopy’. - Perivisceral endoscopy

Body planes can be accessed even in the absence of a natural cavity . Examples are mediastinoscopy , retroperitoneoscopy and retroperitoneal approaches to the kidney , aorta and lumbar sympathetic chain. Some of these approaches have been in place for many years (cervical mediastinoscopy was first performed in 1959); however, the availability of novel videoscopes has enhanced visualisation, thus improving the safety and accuracy of dissection. Extraperitoneal approaches to the retroperitoneal organs, as well as hernia repair, are now commonplace, further decreasing morbidity associated with manipulation of the visceral peritoneum. Other examples include subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery for ligation of incompetent perforating veins in varicose vein surgery and endoscopic harvesting of the saphenous vein for use in coronary artery bypass grafting. Masaki Watanabe , 1911–1995, orthopaedic surgeon, Tokyo, Japan, known as the ‘founder of modern arthroscopy’. - Perivisceral endoscopy

Body planes can be accessed even in the absence of a natural cavity . Examples are mediastinoscopy , retroperitoneoscopy and retroperitoneal approaches to the kidney , aorta and lumbar sympathetic chain. Some of these approaches have been in place for many years (cervical mediastinoscopy was first performed in 1959); however, the availability of novel videoscopes has enhanced visualisation, thus improving the safety and accuracy of dissection. Extraperitoneal approaches to the retroperitoneal organs, as well as hernia repair, are now commonplace, further decreasing morbidity associated with manipulation of the visceral peritoneum. Other examples include subfascial endoscopic perforator surgery for ligation of incompetent perforating veins in varicose vein surgery and endoscopic harvesting of the saphenous vein for use in coronary artery bypass grafting. Masaki Watanabe , 1911–1995, orthopaedic surgeon, Tokyo, Japan, known as the ‘founder of modern arthroscopy’. -