Gas Insufflation Less Laparoscopic Surgeries / Rural Urology for Uganda

By: Dr. J. Gnanaraj and Dr. Mugisha Jerome

BACKGROUND

Laparoscopic surgeries offer many well-known benefits to the patients and Health Care providers. Some benefits like quick turnovers help in better utilization of the available resources and teams visiting to help. However it is not easily available due to high costs, the steep learning curves and the logistic nightmare of providing gases for surgery and anesthesia and the need to have the services of well-trained anesthesiologists.

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