Brett D Mador, BSc, MD, O Neely M Panton, MB, BS, FRCSC, FACS, S Morad Hameed, MD, MPH, FRCSC, FACS. University of British Columbia, Division of General Surgery. INTRODUCTION: The recommended treatment for patients with mild acute biliary pancreatitis is early cholecystectomy performed during the index admission. However, the data is less clear in regards […]
Jinyan Han, Shuodong Wu, Yang Su, Jing Kong, Yu Tian, Ying Fan. Biliary and Vascular Ward, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Background Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has been projected to be a feasible and equally efficient technique compared with conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy (CLC). However, little is known about the issues associated with the […]
Jiong Lu, MD, NanSheng Cheng, MD. Department of Bile Duct Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. We present a case of coincidence of primary hepatic neuroendocrine tumors and gallbladder adenocarcinoma in a 67-year-old woman. She had a 1-month history of intermittent epigastric pain. Her past history was not significant and physical […]
Yiping Mou, MD, FACS, XiaoWu Xu, MD, Weiwei Jin, MS, Jiafei Yan, MS, Yuchen Zhou, MS, Ke Chen, MS. Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Objective: A novel approach for total laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy(TLPD) based on “Five Trocars” is developed. Methods: The “Five trocars” fit for the Eastern […]
C Palanivelu, MS, MCh, FACS, P Senthilnathan, MS, FACS, R Parthasarathi, MS, P Praveen Raj, MS, S Rajapandian, MS, R Sridhar, MS. GEM Hospital & Research Centre, Coimbatore, INDIA. Choledochal cyst is anomaly of the biliary system manifested by cystic dilatation of the extra or intra hepatic biliary tree or both. The accepted mode of […]
Julie Hallet, MD, FRCSC, Daniel Abramowitz, MD, Matt Strickland, MD, Veronica Liang, MD, Calvin Law, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Shiva Jayaraman, MD, MESc, FRCSC. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center – The Odette Cancer Center, Toronto, Ontario; St-Joseph’s Health Center, Toronto, Ontario; Division of General Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Introduction/Objective: We sought to compare the outcomes […]
In Seok Choi, PhD, Naksong Sung, MD, Wonjun Choi, MD, Ju Ik Moon, MD, Daesung Yoon, MD, Yumi Ra, MD. Department of Surgery, Konyang University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea. Introduction: Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is rapidly popular. Common technique in SILC is a 3-channel method. However, there is a certain limitation for exposure of Calot’s […]
Ziad T Awad, MD, FACS, Justin C McCarty, BS, Michael Herman, DO, FACP, Jose Nieto, DO, FACP. University of Florida – Jacksonville. BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pancreatic stents placed by ERCP are common in the treatment of benign and malignant pancreatic and biliary disease. Proximal migration of the stent into the duct occurs in 2% to […]
Serik Tokpanov, Sagidulla Dosmagambetov, Vladimir Kotlobovskiy. 1. Hospital of the Presidents Administration of Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan 2. Department of Laparoscopic Surgery, Regional Pediatric Hospital, Aktobe, Kazakhstan. Aim. Evaluation of efficiency of laparoscopic treatment of liver hydatid disease in cases of cyst rupture. Materials. Since 1993 till September 2013 436 patients ranging from 4 […]
Fernando Dip, MD, Domenech Asbun, MS, Armando Rosales-Velderrain, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, Conrad H Simpfendorfer, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS. Cleveland Clinic Florida. Introduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) remains the gold standard approach for symptomatic cholelithiasis. Despite its standardization, the rate of bile duct injury (BDI) has risen from 0.2 […]