A Rare Case of Bilateral Epiphrenic Diverticula
Amy Neville, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Lorenzo E Ferri, MD. McGill University Health Center This video is a case presentation of a patient who presents with dysphagia and is found to have a non-specific motility disorder and bilateral epiphrenic diverticula. The video shows the treatment… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
Bilateral Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy for Phochromocytoma in Men2a: Tips and Tricks in Difficult Gland Dissection.
Andrea T Costanzi, MD, Dario Maggioni, MD, Valter Berardi, MD, Paola Sartori, MD, Angelo Miranda, MD. Ospedale di Desio Bilateral laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in MEN 2A was performed on a 72 year old woman admitted to our surgical department due to edema of the right lower limb and inguinal adenopathy. The patient underwent total thyroidectomy plus central… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Cecal Volvulus – A Demonstration of Surgical Management and Review of the Literature
Vid Fikfak, MD, Calvin Lyons, MD, Patrick Reardon, MD FACS, Vadim Sherman, MD FACS FRCSC, Brian J Dunkin, MD FACS. METHODIST INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND EDUCATION (MITIE) CECAL VOLVULUS – A DEMONSTRATION OF SURGICAL MANAGEMENT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREVid Fikfak MD, Calvin Lyons MD, Patrick Reardon MD, FACS, Vadim Sherman MD FACS… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Colorectal
Combined Endoscopic and Transgastric Resection of a Ge Junction Mass
Avishai Meyer, MD, Abhijit Shaligram, MBBS, Pradeep Pallati, MBBS, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska Medical Center Abstract: Resection of gastroesophageal lesions pose a technical challenge. Both malignant and non-malignant neoplasms are in the differential diagnosis. If resection is technically not possible using endoscopy or surgery alone, a hybrid approach may merit attention. We… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
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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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Difficult Splenic Flexure
George j Nassif, DO, John H Marks, MD, Joseph Frenkel, MD. Lankenau This is the abstract for the video. A three trocar technique to release the splenic flexure followed by the application of technique for difficult splenic flexure in SILS left colectomy. This technique is first demonstrated with a video clip using a… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Endoscopic Revision of RYGB With a Suturing Device. First Ous Series
Manoel Galvao, MD, Leonardo Rodriguez, MD, Juan Carlos Ayala, MD, Almino Ramos, MD, Josemberg Campos, MD, Natan Zundel, MD. Gastro Obeso Center - Sao paulo, Brazil. Centro de Cirugia de Obesidad - Santiago, Chile.Clinica Santa fe, Bogota, Colombia Background: The Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) is among the most-performed bariatric procedures. Despite very good results,… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (esd) Using Space Making Balloons and Magnetically Coupled Instruments- the Next Frontier
Rohan A Joseph, MD, Calvin L Lyons, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD. Department of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital and Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE) Introduction: Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) is one of the most challenging procedures to perform endoluminally. Currently used devices have ergonomic challenges that prolong… Continue Reading
Hybrid Transvaginal Cholecystectomy: Initial Clinical Experience at a Military Institution
Gordon Wisbach, MD, Kyle Gadbois, MD, Kristin Stevens, MD, Amanda Simsiman, MD. Naval Medical Center San Diego INTRODUCTION: We present our initial clinical experience applying Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgical (NOTES) technique to perform cholecystectomy in a military institution. METHODS: IRB-appoval was obtained to perform this prospective study. Six women with an indication for… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Initial Experience With a New Flexible Laparo-endoscopic Anastomotic Device
Parambir S Dulai, MD, Neil Ghushe, MD, Thadeus Trus, MD, Charles Alexander Mosse, PhD, Per Ola Park, MD, Maria Bergstrom, MD, Margherita Cadeddu, MD, Richard I Rothstein, MD, Paul Swain, MD. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA, Imperial College, London, UK, University College, London, UK, Boras General Hospital, Boras, Sweden, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Technology Assessment
Intra-operative Fluorescent Cholangiography Using Indocyanin Green for Robotic Single Site Cholecystectomy
Nicolas N Buchs, MD, Francois Pugin, MD, Franceso Volonte, MD, Pascal Bucher, MD, Eduardo Schiffer, MD, Philippe Morel, MD PhD. Clinic for Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland Introduction: Fluorescent imaging with Indocyanin green (ICG) might be a non-ionizing alternative… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Technology Assessment
Laparo-endoscopic Single Site (less) Adrenalectomy for Resection of Pheochromocytoma
Alexander S Rosemurgy, MD, Edward Choung, MD, Rita S Patel, MD, Harold Paul, BS, Sharona B Ross, MD. University of South Florida & Tampa General Medical Group Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) surgery is evolving as a safe, expeditious, and efficacious minimally invasive technique. By reducing the number of access incisions to a single incision… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparo-endoscopic Single Site (less) Cholecystectomy With Concomitant Supracervical Hysterectomy Without General Anesthesia
Alexander S Rosemurgy, MD, Larry Glazerman, MD, Harold Paul, BS, Kenneth Luberice, BS, Edward Choung, MD, Sharona B Ross, MD. University of South Florida & Tampa General Medical Group This video is of a combined Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) cholecystectomy, for symptomatic cholelithiasis, and supracervical hysterectomy, for menorrhagia and uterine fibroids. LESS surgery, undertaken… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Approach and Treatment of Celiac Artery Syndrome
C L Nelson, MD, P D Colavita, MD, I Belyansky, MD, K W Kercher, MD. Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Celiac artery syndrome, also known as median arcuate ligament syndrome, is caused by an anatomic variant of the diaphragmatic crura, where the left and right crus join directly over the celiac axis instead of… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Laparoscopic Conversion of Nissen Fundoplication to Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass
Jamie Loggins, MD FACS FASMBS. Central Maine Medical Center With the demand for weight loss surgery increasing, surgeons are likely to encounter with increasing frequency patients desiring these operations who have had previous foregut surgery. This creates a "revisional surgery" situation, significantly increasing the technical difficulty of the procedure. Presented for your review is a… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity