Workload Assessment of Surgeons: Correlation Between Nasa Tlx and Blinks
Bin Zheng, MD PhD, Xianta Jiang, Msc, Geoffery Tien, Msc, Adam Meneghetti, MD, Neely Panton, MD, Stella Atkins, PhD. University of British Columbia Objective: Blinks are known as an indicator of visual attention and stresses. When an operator is overloaded, he will tend to blink less, and quickly. In this study, surgeons’ mental workloads… Continue Reading
Utility and Accuracy of Endobronchial Ultrasound As a Diagnostic and Staging Tool for the Evaluation of Mediastinal Adenopathy
Rebecca J Johnson, MD, J E Stephenson, MD FACS, C Schammel, PhD, B L Johnson, MS, K Banks, S Hutcheson, W Wall, W D Bolton, MD. Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Objective of Study: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a technique for mediastinal evaluation which is less invasive than cervical mediastinoscopy, the traditional gold… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Universal Multifunctional Hd Video System for Minimally Invasive, Open and Micro Surgery
Nicholas N Nissen, MD, Vijay Menon, MD, James Williams, BA, Steven D Colquhoun, MD, George Berci, MD. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Introduction: Laparoscopy provides an important tool in the management of abdominal pathology, both as a method of staging prior to laparotomy and, increasingly, as a method of tumor removal. Some of… Continue Reading
True Benefit Or Selection Bias. an Analysis of Laparoscopic Versus Open Splenectomy From the Acs-nsqip
C Gonczy, MD, V Advani, MD, S Markwell, MA, S Ahad, MD, I Hassan, MD. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Introduction: By virtue of the benefits associated with minimally invasive approaches, laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is believed to have better patient-related outcomes compared to open splenectomy (OS). However there is limited data directly comparing… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Trends in Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Evaluated By Uhc Database Collection
Pradeep Pallati, MD, Anton Simorov, MD, Avishai Meyer, MD, Vishal Kothari, MD, Corrigan Mcbride, MD, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska Medical Center Background: Adolescent bariatric surgery has been increasing the last few years, as a result of increasing childhood obesity. Many institutions have reported their individual experiences with adolescent bariatric surgery, but, so… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Transgastric Large Organ Extraction; the Initial Experience
Takayuki Dotai, MD, Alisa Coker, MD, Luciano Antozzi, MD, Geylor Acosta, MD, Masayasu Aikawa, MD, Nikolai Bildzukewicz, MD, Marcos Michelotti, MD, Bryan Sandler, MD, Garth Jacobsen, MD, Mark Talamini, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. Center for the Future of Surgery, Department of surgery, University of California, San Diego IntroductionIn laparoscopy, it is often the case… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Transanal Versus Transabdominal Specimen Extraction With Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection: A Comparative Analysis On 432 Patients With Rectal Cancer
Song Liang, MD PHD, Morris E Franklin, Jr, MD FACS. The Texas Endosurgery Institute BACKGOUND AND OBJECTIVES: This prospective comparison study focused on the patients with rectal cancer who underwent either transanal or transabominal specimen extraction after laparoscopic low anterior resection with total mesorectal excision and was specifically aimed at investigating if the transanal approach can be… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Transanal Hybrid Sigmoid Resection -introduction Into Clinical Practice
Karl H Fuchs, MD, Wolfram Breithaupt, MD, Gabor Varga, MD, Thomas Schulz, MD. AGAPLESION Markus Krankenhaus Introduction: Reducing access size and trauma is one of the important issues behind Natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery(NOTES). The combination of experience with Laparoscopic colorectal surgery(LCS) and Transanal endoscopic Microsurgery(TEM) has helped in using the transanal approach as… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Trans-oral Video-Assisted Neck Surgery (tovans) – A New Trans-oral Technique of Endoscopic Thyroidectomy With Gasless Pre-mandible Approach
Akihiro Nakajo, PhD, Hideo Arima, PhD, Munetsugu Hirata, Tadao Mizoguchi, Yuko Kijima, PhD, Heiji Yoshinaka, PhD, Shoji Natsugoe, PhD. Surgical Oncology of Kagoshima University Hospital Background: Endoscopic thyroidectomy is a well-established surgical technique. We have been utilizing precordial video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) with a gasless anterior neck skin lifting method. Recently, natural orifice translumenal… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Trans Nasal Endoscopy As an Office Procedure for Bariatric Surgery Evaluation
Helmuth T Billy, MD. Ventura Advanced Surgical Associates Introduction: Preoperative and postoperative evaluation of bariatric surgery patients often requires the use of fiberoptic endoscopy to preoperatively screen patients or evauate for possible complications. Trans nasal endoscopy offers the potential to streamline evaluation of patients and decrease the costs associated with evaluating these patients. Methods… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Technology Assessment
Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy While in a Prone Position for Esophageal Cancer: A Preceding Anterior Approach Method
Soji Ozawa, MD DMSc, Eisuke Ito, MD, Akihito Kazuno, MD, Osamu Chino, MD DMSc. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Although many esophageal surgeons are interested in thoracoscopic esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, the rate of thoracoscopic esophagectomy was about 20% in Japan in 2009. This low rate may be due… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Thirty Day Outcomes of Laparoscopic Versus Open Appendectomy in Elderly Using Acs/nsqip Database
Ashkan Moazzez, MD FACS, Rodney J Mason, MD PhD FACS, Namir Katkhouda, MD FACS. H. Claude Hudson Comprehensive Health Center, University of Southern California INTRODUCTION: Although laparoscopic appendectomy (LA) is becoming the procedure of choice rather than open appendectomy (OA) in treatment of appendicitis in general population, its role has not been widely studied… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
The Unacknowledged Incidence of Laparoscopic Stapler Malfunction
D R Kwazneski, MD, C K Six, MD, K R Stahlfeld, MD. UPMC Mercy, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Introduction:Laparoscopic instruments are being used with increasing frequency. Our surgeons recently experienced several independent adverse events involving the laparoscopic linear stapler. Although the Food and Drug Administration maintains a Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience (MAUDE) database… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Technology Assessment
The Role of the Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Technique in the Uncinate Process Dissection Debate
Federico Gheza, MD, Stefano D'ugo, MD, Mario Masrur, MD, Paolo Raimondi, MD, David Calatayud, MD PhD, Francesco Bianco, MD, Subhashini Ayloo, MD FACS, Piercristoforo Giulianotti, MD FACS. UIC - Chicago INTRODUCTION: Partial pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD) with or without pylorus preservation remain the gold standard in pancreatic head tumors treatment. The laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy is still the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- HPB
The Microbiology of Laparoscopic Kidney Donation – A Baseline Study for Transvaginal Donor Nephrectomy
Calvin D Lyons, MD, Richard Link, MD, Osama Gaber, MD FACS, Vid Fikfak, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD FACS, Brian J Dunkin, MD FACS. The Methodist Institute for Technology Innovation and Education Introduction: Kidney transplantation from a living donor is the treatment of choice for patients with end stage renal disease. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine