A Case of an Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Spleen Diagnosed By Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Hiroshi Tajima, Hiroki Kamata, Hiroyuki Katagiri, Kenichiro Ishii, Yusuke Kumamoto, Kazunori Furuta, Masahiko Watanage. Department of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan In many cases splenic tumor qualitative diagnosis before surgery is difficult, as diagnostic and treatment often require spleen removal surgery. We experienced a case of an inflammatory pseudotumor of the… Continue Reading
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A Rare Case of Solitary Neurofibroma of the Thoracic Esophagus
Katsunori Nishikawa, MD, Noburo Omura, MD, Masami Yuda, MD, Yujiro Tanaka, MD, Akira Matsumoto, MD, Yuichiro Tanishima, MD, Toshiyuki Sasaki, MD, Yoshiro Ishibashi, MD, Kouji Nakada, MD, Norio Mitsumori, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. The Jikei University School of Medicine Department of Surgery Benign esophageal tumors are rare disease, of which leiomyomas… Continue Reading
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Anesthesia Management for Bariatric Surgery
R Rutledge, MD. Center for Laparoscopic Obesity s IntroductionThe goals of anesthesia of obese patients include relaxation during surgery with no weakness post op; no drug induced bleeding and excellent anesthesia and analgesia without respiratory depression or nausea and vomiting post op. The present study documents a new anesthetic technique that aggressively utilizes exclusion… Continue Reading
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Association of Peripheral White Cell Count and Crp Levels With Postoperative Complications After Laparoscopic-Assisted Gastrectomy
Hiroaki Tanaka, MD, Kazuya Muguruma, MD, Katsunobu Sakurai, MD, Naoshi Kubo, MD, Hisashi Nagahara, MD, Eiji Noda, Yoshito Yamashita, MD, Kiyoshi Maeda, MD, Tetsuji Sawada, MD, Masaichi Ohira, MD, Kosei Hirakawa, MD. Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) has been proposed as the promising therapy… Continue Reading
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Cocoon Formation in Patients With Mid-Gut Neuroendocrine Tumors-A Rare and Unrecognized Final Pathway.
Yi-zarn Wang, MD DDS, Heather M King, MD. Louisiana State University Health Science Center Introduction: Mid-gut neuroendocrine tumors are in general a rare disease with an indolent course. As a result, treatment is often delayed, passive or sometimes omitted. Although the natural history is poorly understood, there is a commonly accepted final pathway for… Continue Reading
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Current Practice Patterns of Venothromboembolism Prophylaxis in Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery
E Gilbert, MD, A Lamoshi, MD, S Markwardt, MPH, T Deloughery, MD, B Sheppard, MD. Oregon Health & Science University Introduction:Postoperative venothromboembolism (VTE) is a well known complication of surgery. Although there are guidelines for the use of prolonged (28 day) VTE prophylaxis following open surgery, indications for prolonged VTE prophylaxis in high risk… Continue Reading
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Current Technique of Laparoscopic Diaphragm Pacemaker Insertion
Eric M Pauli, MD, Maryjo Elmo, CRNP, Raymond P Onders, MD. University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH Video Abstract Summary: Diaphragm pacing stimulation (DPS) provides diaphragm function in ventilator-dependent spinal cord injury (SCI) patients and maintains diaphragm function in respiratory-compromised patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This video provides an overview of our… Continue Reading
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Dollar 5 Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Muhammad f Murad, MBBS MCPS FCPS, Qasim Ali, FCPS, Asif Zafar, FRCS FCPS, Farhat Jehan, MBBS. Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi Introduction: Laparoscopic Surgery is considered to be associated with high costs in developing countries. Apart from initial equipment cost, there are additional recurring expenses per procedure. Adopting to alternate procedural techniques in laparoscopic surgery… Continue Reading
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Effects of Carbon Dioxide Pneumoperitoneum On Renal Function in Obstructive Jaundice: An Experimental Study in a Rat Model
Merter Gulen, MD, Mustafa Sare, MD, Banu Sancak, MD, Mehmet Senes, MD, Seher Yuksel. Department of General Surgery Gazi University School of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara Teaching and Research Hospital Introduction: Laparoscopic approaches are being applied in all areas of surgery with an increasing frequency. Different effects of… Continue Reading
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Efficiency of Abscess Pathway
Aliasger Amin, Anil Reddy, Madan Jha, Ahmed Hammad. James Cook University Hospital Objective: Conventionally, patients with abscess admitted under surgery were operated according to the availability of emergency operation theatres. Other emergency procedures took priority, delaying the incision and drainage of abscess. This resulted in long waiting time and unnecessary overnight stay and costing… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic-guided Transgastric Laparoscopic Retrieval of a Duodenal Stent
Maureen M Tedesco, MD, Tonya Kaltenbach, MD MS, Roy Soetikno, MD, Dan Eisenberg, MD MS. Stanford University Medical Center and Palo Alto VA HCS Introduction: Endoscopic placement of expandable Nitinol stents have been used in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract to palliate areas of malignant stricture or obstruction. They are designed to allow… Continue Reading
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Environmental Contamination As a Result of Aerosolized Blood and Fluid During Laparoscopic Surgery.
Richard K Englehardt, MD, Brent Nowak, Michael V Seger, MD, Frank D Duperier, MD. University of Texas Medical Center at Houston, Bariatric Medical Institute of Texas IntroductionLaparoscopic surgery is known to provide many advantages to patients by reducing post-operative pain, shortening hospital stays, and reducing incision related co-morbidities. Surgeon and staff exposure to blood… Continue Reading
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First Report of Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy in a Pregnant Patient
Jonathan D Svahn, MD FACS, Matthew R Dixon, MD, Joanna Lim, MD, Austin L Spitzer, MD. Kaiser Permanente East Bay, Oakland Campus Single incision surgery is becoming more popular as surgeons become more comfortable with this technique. While initial series reported on cholecystectomy and appendectomy, subsequent publications described its successful application for the treatment of… Continue Reading
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Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumour: Case Series
A Amin, Mr, Anil Reddy, Mr, Ahmed Hammad, Mr, M Jha, Mr, Prasad Kolanu, Dr. James Cook University Hospital Introduction: Over 60% of all neuroendocrine tumours are found in the gastrointestinal tract. Gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours are rare and constitute <2% of all gastrointestinal cancers. Most tumours are slow growing and asymptomatic, although metastatic lesion… Continue Reading
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High-resolution Manometry Findings in Healthy Volunteers With Bioview® Software
Masato Hoshino, Ananth Srinivasan, Tommy H Lee, Sumeet K Mittal. Creighton University Medical Center INTRODUCTION: High-resolution manometry (HRM) is the current gold standard for evaluation of esophageal motility. There are three commercially available HRM systems, namely Sierra: Manoview®, MMS and Sandhill: Bioview®. A Chicago Classification has been proposed and widely accepted based on Manoview®.… Continue Reading
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