A Bleeding Control Method for the Standardization of Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: Complete Laparoscopic Lateral Segmentectomt of the Liver Using Laparoscopic Bipolar Soft Coagulation (BICLAMP)
Mitsuo Miyazawa, MD PhD FACS, Masayasu Aikawa, MD PhD, Yasuko Toshimitsu, MD PhD, Kojun Okamoto, MD PhD, Kenichirou Takase, MD, Katsuya Okada, MD, Shigeki Yamaguchi, MD PhD, Isamu Koyama, MD PhD. Saitama Medical University International Medical Center Bleeding control is one of the many issues in which research is required to standardize laparoscopic hepatectomy (Lap… Continue Reading
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A Case of 100-Year-Old Woman Successfully Treated for Upside Down Stomach with Laparoscopic Surgery
Mikito Mori, MD PhD, Yasunori Akutsu, MD PhD, Hideki Hayashi, MD PhD, Hiroshi Kawahira, MD PhD, Naoyuki Hanari, MD PhD, Hisahiro Matsubara, MD PhD. Department of Frontier Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba Hiatal hernias (HH) are generally classified into four distinct types. While type I HH, also known as a sliding hernia, is the… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
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
A Clinical Study On Postoperative Endoscopic Appearance of Anastomosis After Esophagectomy
Yujiro Tanaka, MD, Katsunori Nishikawa, MD, Fumiaki Yano, MD, Jun Asakura, MD, Shuji Sato, MD, Tomoyoshi Okamoto, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. Dept. of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan (Background and Aim) Esophagectomy and esophagogastrectomy are major operations with high mortality and morbidity, for which anastmotic leakage of esophageal substitute… Continue Reading
A Comparison of Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy Without Thoracoscopic Port Versus Open Transhiatal Esophagectomy
Subhasis Misra, MD, Alexander Fort, BA, Nestor De La Curz, MD, Alan Livingstone, MD. University of Miami Background: Open Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy and open Transhiatal esophagectomy (THE) is known to be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Few studies have been published comparing an open transhiatal approach and a laparoscopic transhiatal approach without a thoracoscopic port.… Continue Reading
A Comparison of Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy with the Gold Standard: Is This the Next Procedure of Choice?
Haris R Shaikh, MBBS FRCS, Mufaddal Mahesri, MBBS, Asad Abbas, MBBS, Hisham R Salahuddin, MBBS. Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Introduction: Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) has gained immense popularity for performing cholecystectomy. This virtually scar-less procedure has promising results as far as hospital stay, post-operative pain and return to work are concerned. In fact,… Continue Reading
A Locomotion System for Capsule Mobility
Jonathan A Schoen, MD, Levin J Sliker, Mark E Rentschler, PhD. University of Colorado at Boulder, University of Colorado at Denver INTRODUCTION As surgical methods evolve, new technologies are continuously emerging in an effort to make these methods less invasive, as well as explore new surgical techniques. One such emerging technology is capsule surgery, where… Continue Reading
A New Endoscopic Interventional Technique for the Percutaneous Trans-Esophageal Gastro-Tubing (PTEG)
Hideto Oishi, MD PhD, Noriyasu Shirotani, MD PhD, Shingo Kameoka, MD PhD. Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University Background: In 1994, we invented Percutaneous Trans-esophageal Gastro-tubing (PTEG) for the patients who difficult to perform Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG). We already performed 176 cases of PTEG,… Continue Reading
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A New Hybrid Technology of Laparoscopy Assisted Endoscopic Full Thickness Resection for Intraluminal Type Smt of the Stomach
Masanori Terashima, MD PhD FACS, Masanori Tokunaga, MD, Etsuro Bando, MD PhD, Yutaka Tanizawa, MD, Taiichi Kawamura, MD PhD, Junya Kondo, MD, Yusuke Kinugasa, MD PhD, Hideyuki Kanemlto, MD, Katsuhiko Uesaka, MD PhD, Kohei Takizawa, MD, Masaki Tanak. Division of Gastric Surgery, gastrointestinal Surgery, and Endoscopy, Shizuoka Cancer Center Introduction: Submucosal tumor (SMT) of the… Continue Reading
A New Method of Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
Grubnik V.V., Prof, Gollyak V.P., Grubnik O.V.. Odessa State Medical University Background. The mechanisms of weight loss after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass include stomach-restriction and malabsorbtion. Although satiety is achieved with a small stomach-porch, satisfactory weight-loss achieved not in every patient. Aim of the study was to compare weight loss and satiety after standard and new… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
A Novel Approach for Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Filippo Filicori, MD, Xavier M Keutgen, MD, Thomas J Fahey III, MD FACS, Rasa Zarnegar, MD FACS. Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College INTRODUCTION: Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) has been proposed as a valid alternative to conventional laparoscopic cholecystectomy with improved cosmetic results. Previously described approaches implement devices that permit the insertion of… Continue Reading
A Novel Liver Retractor for Upper Abdominal Laparoscopic Surgery
Hiroshi Kawahira, MD PhD, Hideki Hayashi, MD PhD, Toshiyuki Natsume, MD PhD, Takashi Akai, MD PhD, Yoshihiro Nabeya, MD PhD, Kazufumi Suzuki, MD PhD, Mikito Mori, MD PhD, Daisuke Horibe, MD PhD, Hisahiro Matsubara, MD PhD. Research Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University (1) Objective of this studyLaparoscopic assisted gastrectomy (LAG) has been accepted… Continue Reading
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A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing the Rebound Hernia Repair Device and Lightweight Mesh for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia: an Interim Analysis
John S Roth, MD, Jeff Hazey, MD, Daniel Davenport, PhD, Vimal Narula, MD, Rebecca Dettorre, MD, Ambar Banarjee, MD, William Cavatassi, MD, Emily Albright, MD. Univerisity of Kentucky, Ohio State University Background: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair requires placement of a synthetic mesh in the properitoneal space. Fixation of the mesh to the abdominal wall with… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
A Prospective, Single-Center Investigation of the Safety and Performance of the Endo GIA™ Reloads with Tri-Stapletm Technology and Endo Gia™ Ultra Universal Staplers in a Gastric Bypass Procedure
Samer G Mattar, MD, Frank Bendewald, MD, Sarah Dutkevitch, RN OCN, Heather Kemp, MBA CCRP. Indiana University Objective: The objectives of this clinical trial are to assess in a pilot, single center, prospective, non-randomized setting the overall performance and safety of the Endo GIA TM Reloads with Tri-StapleTM Technology & Endo GIA™ Ultra Universal Staplers… Continue Reading
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A Randomized Comparison of Laparoscopic, Magnetically Anchored, and Flexible Endoscopic Cameras On Ex-Vivo and In-Vivo Performance and Workload for Laparoscopic and Single Incision Surgery
Nabeel A Arain, MD MBA, Erin M Webb, BS, Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD, Sara Best, MD, Richard Bergs, MS, Deborah Hogg, BS, Raul Fernandez, PhD, Thomas Roshek, MD, Victoria Chang, BBA, Daniel J Scott, MD. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Dallas, Texas Introduction: The purpose of this study was… Continue Reading
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