Laparoscopic Whipple Procedure with a 2-Layered Pancreatojejunostomy
ANDREW A GUMBS, MD, BRICE GAYET, MD PhD, John P Hoffman, MD. FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER INTRODUCTIONSince the first report of laparoscopic pancreatic resections in the early 1990's, laparoscopic resection of tumors in the pancreas have become increasingly more common in the surgical treatment of both benign and malignant tumors1. The minimally invasive approach to… Continue Reading
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Gallstones and Kidney Transplantation; Prophylactic Or Expectant Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?
Hani H Haider, MD, Hatem Matar, MD, Ali Taqi, MD, Husain Hayati, MD, Adnan Sadeq, MD, Mustafa Almosawi, MD. Hamed Al-Essa Organ Transplant Center, Kuwait. Purpose of study: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is a relatively safe procedure in the modern era. Whether there is advantage in performing this surgery prophylactically in asymptomatic kidney transplant recipients is… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Major Hepatic Resection
Hitoshi Inagaki, MD, Tsuyoshi Kurokawa, MD, Tadashi Yokoyama, MD, Manabu Kikuchi, MD, Nobuhiro Ito, MD, Yasuhisa Yokoyama, MD, Hiromitsu Takeyama, MD, Toshiaki Nonami, MD. Department of Surgery, Yokoyama Hospital for Gastroenterological Diseases Introduction: Although an increasing number of reports and publications have dealt with the laparoscopic partial liver resection, this procedure has not been widely… Continue Reading
Routine Intraoperative Cholangiography: A Retrospective Study of 2419 Patients
Morris E Franklin Jr, MD, Rey G Romero, MD, Karla C Russek, MD, Jeffrey L Glass, MD, John J Gonzalez, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute, Programa Muticéntrico ITESM/SSNL INTRODUCTION: Intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) is a study performed during cholecystectomy in order to visualize the extrahepatic biliary tree. Some authors recommend its routine use, while others prefer its… Continue Reading
A Catheter-Based Suture-Free Approach to Bilioenteric Anastomosis: A Pilot Study
John B Seal, MD, Thuong VanHa, MD, John C Alverdy, MD, Giuliano Testa, MD. University of Chicago Departments of Surgery and Radiology Background: Bilioenteric anastomoses are commonly performed as a part of liver transplantation, reconstruction of the common bile duct following resection of benign and malignant tumors, congenital biliary malformations and traumatic injury. Anastomotic ischemia… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Osamu Itano, MD PhD, Minoru Tanabe, MD PhD, Shigeyuki Kawachi, MD PhD, Masahiro Shinoda, MD PhD, Go Oshima, MD, Yoshihiro Ono, MD, Noriyuki Tani, MD, Ryo Nishiyama, MD, Hiroto Fujisaki, MD, Kysho Mihara, MD, Tomonori Fujimura, MD, Yoshie Kadota, MD. Departmentt of Surgery, Keio University, School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Surgery, Eiju General… Continue Reading
Endoscopic vs. Surgical Ampullectomy: an Algorithm to Treat Disease of the Ampulla of Vater
Eugene P Ceppa, MD, Rebecca A Burbridge, MD, Kristy L Rialon, MD, Philip A Omotosho, MD, Dawn Emick, MD MPH, Paul S Jowell, MD, M S Branch, MD, Theodore N Pappas, MD. Duke University Medical Center Introduction: Proposed management of benign ampullary lesions includes local resection (endoscopic or surgical ampullectomy) and en-bloc resection (pancreaticoduodenectomy). Most… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Trans-Cystic Exploration for Single-Stage Management of Common Duct Stones and Acute Cholecystitis
Massimo Chiarugi, MD FACS, Christian Galatioto, MD, Piero Lippolis, MD, Luigi Decanini, MD, Adolfo Puglisi, MD, Chiara Bagnato, MD, Sonia Panicucci, MD, Marco Pelosini, MD, Pietro Iacconi, MD, Massimo Seccia, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy INTRODUCTION Common bile duct (CBD) stones are found in near 10% of patients undergoing elective laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Enucleation of the Insulinoma of the Pancreas
Takeshi Naitoh, MD FACS, T Morikawa, MD, M Kakyo, MD, M Kinouchi, MD, T Ando, MD, F Motoi, MD, S Egawa, MD, M Unno, MD. Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital Neuroendocrine tumor (NET) of the pancreas is considered as relatively low malignant tumor. It is often treated with laparoscopic surgery. Most popular procedure for… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Liver Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma with Cirrhosis
Akishige Kanazawa, PhD, Tadashi Tsukamoto, PhD, Sadatoshi Shimizu, PhD, Shintaro Kodai, PhD, Sadaaki Yamazoe, PhD. Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City General Hospital Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of laparoscopic liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with liver cirrhosis.Background: Liver resection for HCC in cirrhotic patients sometimes involves difficulty… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Enucleation of Neuroendocrine Tumor of Pancreas
Takanori Morikawa, MD, Takeshi Naitoh, MD FACS, Masayuki Kakyo, MD, Makoto Kinouchi, MD, Toshinori Andou, MD, Fuyuhiko Motoi, MD, Toshiki Rikiyama, MD, Yu Katayose, MD, Shinichi Egawa, MD, Michiaki Unno, MD. Division of Hepatobiliary-pancreatic surgery, Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital [Background] Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery has been significantly developed since 1994. However, laparoscopic enucleation (LapEn)… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration (lcbde) Using C- Tube, an Alternative Bile Drainage Method
Yoshihide Chino, PhD, Masaki Fujimura, PhD, Isao sato, MD, Seiji Masuda, MD, Makoto Mizutani, PhD, Tomotake Tabata, MD, Atsushi Okita, PhD, Minoru Iida, PhD. Daiichi-Towakai Hospital Endoscopic Surgery Center INTRODUCTION Recently, laparoscopic surgery has progressed rapidly as an alternative to open laparotomy in the treatment of common bile duct stones (CBDs). However, there are some… Continue Reading
Roux-En-Y Laparoscopic Pancreaticojejunostomy for Chronic Pancreatitis
Juan Toro, MD, Jesus Vasquez, MD, Carlos Lopera, MD, Sergio Diaz, MD, Jean Vergnaud, MD, Andres Ricardo. Surgery department, University of Antioquia School of medicine. Medellín, Colombia BACKGROUND: Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is characterized by irreversible damage of pancreatic parenchyma leading to exocrine insufficiency, intractable pain and progressive loss of endocrine function. Lateral pancreaticojejunostomy (LPJ) is… Continue Reading
Pancreatic Fistula Rate Is Acceptable After Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery
John A Stauffer, MD, Ross F Goldberg, MD, James M Parker, MD, Steven P Bowers, MD, C. Daniel Smith, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD. Mayo Clinic, Florida Introduction:A vexing challenge of pancreatic surgery has been the development of pancreatic fistula. The rate of pancreatic fistula after traditional open distal or proximal pancreatic resection has been… Continue Reading
ERCP and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy : Stone, Sphincterotomy and Stenting
Towhidul Alam, Prof of Surgery. Bangabandhu Sheik Mujib Medical University Introduction: ERCP is a useful adjunct in the management of patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) who have common duct stones. It is also necessary for the management of residual stones & complications after LC. Methods: The study was conducted during January 2003 to August 2010… Continue Reading