By Brigid Duffy
New York—The possibility of a wide variety of operations being performed in a manner that leaves no visible scarring has transformed the surgical landscape over the past 20 years, as surgeons have scrambled to learn more “keyhole techniques.” However, despite the fervor for “kinder cuts for patients,” one methodology does not necessarily fit all.
In some areas of gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopy has all but replaced laparotomy, while in