Background: Some researchers suggest that gastric bypass surgery plus cholecystectomy increases post-surgical complications. However, there is not studies that exploring this association. Objective: To compare the post-surgical complications between patients operated on cholecystectomy and who not among obese persons meeting criteria for gastric bypass surgery in Medellín, Colombia. Method: A case-control study was done. In […]
Objective: To evaluate one institution’s multi-departmental experience performing LESS procedures. Introduction: LESS, also known as single incision laparoscopic surgery, has emerged as one of the newest surgical modifications of laparoscopic surgery. LESS procedures can be performed using various combinations of articulating and straight instruments with various angled or flexible cameras while achieving similar results to […]
Introduction: Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a relatively uncommon complication following laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). When the abdomen is insufflated with CO2, increased intrabdominal pressure diminishes venous return causing potentially low cardiac output and venous stasis. Our study was to determine whether this phenomenon is significant enough to increase the risk of PE while performing LC. Methods: […]
Introduction: Concerns have been raised as to how to maintain pictorial documentation of an interesting finding during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC). We believe that documentation of surgery is of essential benefit, especially if a complication arises. In addition, documentation may be utilized for future reference for patient care. Methods: We reviewed the pictorial documentation of 100 […]
Introduction: Some surgeons perform routine preoperative screening endoscopy in all patients undergoing bariatric surgery. Various pathologies have been noted and reported during preoperative endoscopy. This investigation explores the incidence of Barrett’s esophagitis in patients undergoing preoperative screening endoscopy for bariatric surgery. The hypothesis that was tested was that Barrett’s esophagitis would be common in patients […]