Laparoscopic Minor Pancreatic Resections (enucleations/atypical Resections). a Long-term Appraisal of a Supposed Mini-invasive Approach.
Renato Costi, MD PhD, Bruto Randone, MD PhD, Frédéric Mal, MD, Silvia Basato, MD, Hugues Levard, MD, Vincenzo Violi, MD, Brice Gayet, MD. 1 Département de Pathologie Digestive, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, Paris, France; 2 Dipartimento di Scienze Chirurgiche, Università degli Studi di Parma, Parma, Italia. IntroductionLaparoscopic pancreatic enucleation is increasingly performed worldwide. Few retrospective,… Continue Reading
Acute Pancreatitis: A Rare Complication From a Migrated Gastrostomy Tube
Dan Enger Ruiz, MD, Mingwei Ni, MD PHD, Rajkumar Jeganatan, MD. New York Hospital Queens : Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a common modality used for primary and supplemental feeding for long-term external access. It is generally a safe procedure, however can be associated with many potential complications. Migration of the tube is one… Continue Reading
Ercp and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in a Combined (one-step) Procedure: a Random Comparison to the Standard (two-step) Procedure.
Matthew Johnson, MD, Edward Samourjian, MD, Nathan Ozobia, MD FACS. University of Nevada School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: The gold standard for treating acute/chronic cholecystitis is by laparoscopic cholecystectomy with or without intraoperative cholangiogram(IOC). Currently, no one method can be said to be the gold standard for the treatment of obstructing complications of calculous biliary… Continue Reading
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Preoperative Pancreas CT/MRI Characteristics Predict Fistula Rate After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Farshad Frozanpor, PhD, L Loizou, MD, C Ansorge, MD, R Segersvärd, PhD, L Lundell, PhD, N Albiin, PhD. Department of Clinical Science and Education and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology Background: Pancreatic fistula (PF) is considered to be the main cause of morbidity after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). A recent study from our institution… Continue Reading
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The Effect of Prophylactic Transpapillary Pancreatic Stent Insertion On the Clinically Significant Leak Rate Following Distal Pancreatectomy: Results of a Prospective Controlled Clinical Trial
Farshad Frozanpor, PhD, L Lundell, PhD, R Segersvärd, PhD, U Arnelo, PhD. Department of Clinical Science and Education and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology Background: PF causes major morbidity after DP. Transpapillary pancreatic stenting has been suggested to be beneficial in treating established PF and also prophylactically, to reduce the risk of… Continue Reading
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Single Use of Romiplostim Thrombopoietin Analogue (TPO) in Severe Thrombocytopenia for Outpatient Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients With Chronic Liver Disease (CLD)- A Randomized Double Blinded Prospective Clinical Pilot Trial
P Patrick Basu, MD MRCP MACG AGAF, Thankam J Nair, MD, Nithya V Krishnaswamy, MD, Niraj James Shah, MD, Robert S Brown Jr, MD MPH. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, NY INTRODUCTION:Thrombocytopenia is a common entity in Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) with or without cirrhosis.… Continue Reading
Practice Patterns for Gallstone Pancreatitis: A 5-year Experience at a Community-based Teaching Hospital
John Compoginis, MD, Tiffany Wu, MD, Gabriel Akopian, MD. Huntington Hospital Objective: To assess the practice patterns applied to patients with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP) who presented to the emergency department at large, community-based hospital and clarify factors influencing the type of intervention chosen. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed over a… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Nihat Yavuz, MD, Serkan Teksoz, MD, Engin Hatipoglu, MD, Sabri Erguney, MD, Osman Tortum, MD, Tuna Yildirim, MD, Sirri Ozkan, MD. Istanbul University,Cerrahpasa Medical School,General Surgery Department and Acibadem Kadikoy Hospital,General Surgery Department Introduction:Thanks to technological advances, laparoscopic surgery continues to evolve . One recent advance in this field is laparoscopy performed through a… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Retrospective Analysis of Hospital Costs and Clinical Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Conventional, Single Port, and Micro-laparoscopic Surgery
Edward Chekan, MD FACS, Mathew Moore, MHA, Tina Hunter, PhD, Candace Gunnarsson, EdD. Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc Cincinnati, Ohio; S2 Statistical Solutions, Inc Cincinnati, Ohio Introduction: This study compares hospital costs and clinical outcomes for traditional laparoscopic (LC), single port surgery (SPS) and micro-laparoscopic (MLC) cholecystectomy procedures from Premier hospitals across the United States. Methods:… Continue Reading
Cost Effectiveness Analysis and Comparison of Single Stage vs Two Stage Management of Patients With Concomitant Gall Stone Disease and Common Bile Duct Stones – A Randomized Controlled Trial
Virinder K Bansal, MBBS MS FACS, Pramod Garg, MD DM, M C Misra, MS FACS FRCS, Ragini Kilambi, MS, S Rajeshwari, MD. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi-110029, India BackgroundThe ideal modality of treatment for patients with concommitant gall stones with common bile duct stones is a matter of debate. This prospective… Continue Reading
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Gallbladder Damage Control: Compromised Procedure for Compromised Patients
Justin Lee, MD, Reza Kermani, MD, Haisar Dao, MD, Kevin F O'donnell, MD. St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine IntroductionAs experience of open cholecystectomy has decreased significantly in the past two decades both in surgical practice and training, open cholecystectomy is generally performed for severe inflammation necessitating conversion to an open… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Pancreatectomy for Benign/low-malignant Lesions
T Misawa, MD PhD, K Furukawa, MD PhD, H Kitamura, MD, F Suzuki, MD, R Ito, MD, T Gocho, MD, H Shiba, MD PhD, Y Futagawa, MD, S Wakiyama, MD, Y Ishida, MD PhD, K Yanaga, MD. Department of Surgery, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan Objective: We present the technical refinements… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Liver Resection With Selective Prior Vascular Control
Hadrien Tranchart, MD, Giuseppe Di Giuro, MD, Panagiotis Lainas, MD, Guillaume Pourcher, MD, Gabriel Perlemuter, MD PhD, Dominique Franco, MD, Ibrahim Dagher. Department of General Surgery, Antoine Béclère Hospital, AP-HP, Clamart Introduction: Vascular inflow control in laparoscopic liver resections can reduce blood loss and transfusion rates. Selective clamping, in contrast to hepatic pedicle clamping,… Continue Reading
A Retrospective Analysis of the Safety of Outpatient Percutaneous Liver Biopsy in Patients With Von Willebrand Disease
P Patrick Basu, MD MRCP MACG AGAF, Krishna Rayapudi, MD, Niraj James Shah, MD, Nithya Krishnaswamy, MD, Thankam Nair, MD, Sakina Farhat, MD, Robert Brown, MD MPH. Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, North Shore University Hospital at Forest Hills, NY INTRODUCTION: Liver biopsy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of chronic… Continue Reading
Community Hospital Experience With SILS Cholecystectomy
Kimberly N Weaver, MS, James W Valuska, MD, Thomas V Lheureau, MD, Pablo G Giuseppucci, MD, Miles L Weaver, MD. UPMC Passavant and UPMC Horizon Background This is a report of a community hospital group practice experience with single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Patients and methods From July 2009 to August 2011, 300 patients (225 female… Continue Reading