Akeel M Merchant, BS, Eyad M Wohaibi, MD, Tejinder P Singh, MD. Albany Medical Center Introduction: Patients with achondroplasia fall under the category of atypically morbid obese individuals in whom correction of obesity via lifestyle modification becomes of limited use given their body disposition and co-morbidities. Case report: This paper reports a 30 year …
Rohan A Joseph, MD, Calvin L Lyons, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD. Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital and Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE) Introduction: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) is one of the most challenging procedures to perform endoluminally. Currently used devices have ergonomic challenges that prolong …
R Nenshi, BA MD MSc FRCSC, S A Glazer, MD FRCPC FCCP, J Patel, RN MScN CNN, Q Huynh, MD FRCS, L Klein, MD MSc FRCS, J Hagen, MD FRCS. Humber River Regional Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Introduction: The first comprehensive bariatric program in Ontario was established in Feb 2007 at Humber River Regional Hospital. …
Shyam L Dahiya, MD. Tri-City Regional Medical Center, Hawaiian Gardens, CA Introduction: Single incision laparoscopic surgery has garnered wide interest in a number of specialties. A common limitation cited for many single incision methods is the lack of instrument triangulation and the need to cross instruments. The SPIDER® Surgical System (TransEnterix, Durham, NC) is …
Christopher R Wottawa, MS, Jeremiah R Cohen, Richard E Fan, PhD, Warren S Grundfest, MD FACS, Martin O Culjat, PhD, Erik P Dutson, MD SAGES. University of California, Los Angeles Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the effect of supplemental tactile feedback on grip force during peg transfer training tasks using …