Aniket K Sakharpe, MD, MPH, Jakub Wilhelm, MD, Nida Mumtaz, BS, Abdul Badr, MD, Robert Bloch, MD, FACS, Leopoldo Baccaro, MD, George Ibrahim, MD. Drexel University and Easton Hospital. Diverticulosis commonly affects the geriatric patients, 10-15% of whom ultimately develop diverticulitis. Diverticulitis has many known complications, such as the formation of phlegmon, fistulas, bowel obstruction, […]
Dana A Telem, MD, Maria Altieri, MD, Jie Yang, PhD, Qiao Zhang, MS, Wendy L Patterson, MPH, Brittany D Peoples, MS, Gerald Gracia, MD, A. Laurie Shroyer, PhD, MSHA, Aurora D Pryor, MD. Stony Brook Medicine, New York State Department of Health Office of Quality and Patient Safety. Introduction: Obesity is a well-established risk factor […]
R P Evans, MBBS, MRCS, N S Malik, BMed, Sci, Hons, BMBS, Hons, M A Khan, FRCS. Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, UK. Background: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy has become a routine operation. The proportion of operations performed on an emergent or urgent basis is increasing. Laparoscopic cholecystectomy during acute inflammation is often significantly more challenging than the interval […]
Umer I Chaudhry, MD, Dean J Mikami, MD, Bradley J Needleman, MD, W. Scott Melvin, MD, Sabrena F Noria, MD. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. INTRODUCTION- Bariatric surgery is now accepted as the most effective treatment for morbid obesity. However, given the various surgical options (ie: RYGB, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric band), and ensuing […]
Adrian Dan, MD, Rathna Shenoy, MD, Jesse Clanton, MD, Michael Subichin, MD, Ashley Bohon, Marta Makusewski, Mark Pozsgay, MD, S M Thompson, MD, Arjun Venkataramani, MD, Corey Sievers, MD, John Zografakis, MD. Summa Health System. Introduction: Bariatric surgery is regarded as the most effective therapy in the treatment of morbid obesity and associated co-morbid conditions. […]
Krzysztof J Wikiel, MD, George M Eid. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Background: Over the past thirty years a new disease process, now known as athletic pubalgia or sports hernia has been acknowledged, nevertheless the etiology is still not fully understood. The patients suffering from this ailment, often young and active, present to the physician’s […]
Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD, James Whitteledge, Richard Birkett, MD, Ted Delmonico, MD, Neal Seymour, MD. Lahey Clinic, Baystate Medical Center. INTRODUCTION: Since FLS represents a minimum proficiency standard for laparoscopic surgery, more advanced proficiency standards are required to address the need of current surgical training. We wanted to establish face and construct validity of a new […]
R M Antiel, MD, MA, S C Dupont, MD, M J Samaha, K V Ballman, PhD, J Bingener, MD. Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN. Introduction: Approximately 90,000 ventral hernia repairs are performed in the US each year. Patients expect fast recovery after laparoscopic ventral hernia repair (LVHR) and undisturbed postoperative quality of life. Some patients however […]
Andrew R Brownlee, MD, Yuriy Dudiy, MD, Kelsey Gibson, Erica Bromberg, BA, Mitchell Roslin, MD, FACS. Lenox Hill Hospital. Introduction: Re-operative bariatric surgery carries a higher risk of complication and it is generally accepted that long-term outcomes are worse. Common indications for revision following LAGB are adverse symptoms and failure to lose weight. It remains […]
Gildo O Passos Jr, MD, Diego Laurentino Lima, MD, Frederico W C. Silva, MD, Juscielle S Barros, Ingrid L V. Rodrigues, Yukie C Konishi, Gustavo L Carvalho, PhD. University of Pernambuco, Faculty of Medical Sciences. INTRODUCTION: Evaluate the surgeons’ perceptions after a surgical knot confection using minilaparoscopic instruments (MINI). METHODS: Thirty surgeons, familiar with conventional […]