Welcome to our Journal Highlights section. These articles offer insights into the uses and benefits of minimally invasive approaches in the general surgery field.

Guller U, Hervey S, Purves H, et al. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy. Outcomes comparison based on a large administrative database. Annals of Surgery. 2004; 239(1): 43-52.
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Golub R, Siddiqui F, Pohl D. Laparoscopic versus open appendectomy: A meta-analysis. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 1998; 186,(5):545-53.
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Long KH, Bannon MP, Zietlow SP, et al. A prospective randomized comparison of laparoscopic appendectomy with open appendectomy: clinical and economic analysis. Surgery. 2001; 129(4): 390-400.
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Roswell M, Bello M, Hemingway DM. Circumferential muscosectomy (stapled hemorrhoidectomy) versus conventional haemorrhoidectomy: randomized controlled trial. The Lancet. 2000; 355(4): 779-81.
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Senagore AJ, Singer M, Abcarian H, et al. Prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter trial comparing stapled hemorrhoidopexy and Ferguson hemorrhoidectomy: perioperative and one-year results. Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2004; 47(11): 1824-36.
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