A Clinical Compararison of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy to Open Distal Pancreatectomy
Yiping Mou, MD, FACS, Kun Xie, MD, Jiafei Yan, MD, Weiwei Jin, Xiaowu Xu, MD, Yucheng Zhou Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Introduction: To evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of LDP comparing with ODP in the postoperative pain, postoperative recovery and postoperative morbidity.Methods: From December 2003 to… Continue Reading
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A Comparative Study of the Quality of Life Following Totally Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy with Open Distal Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Yiping Mou, MD, FACS, Weiwei Jin, Xiaowu Xu, MD, Jiafei Yan, MD, Yucheng Zhou, MD, Ke Chen, MD Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China Introduction: To compare the quality of life (QoL) after totally laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (TLDG) with open distal gastrectomy (ODG).Methods: From December 2009 to January… Continue Reading
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Small Bowel Disease Centered around Capsule Endoscopy Detection: A Potpourri of Cases
Matthew C DeWolf, BS, Courtney C Sullivan, BA, David Cave, MD, PhD, Jason Wong, MD, Nicole Pecquex, MD, James Carroll, MD, Mitchell Cahan, MD, Demetrius Litwin, MD, MBA University of Massachusetts Medical School This video highlights a multidisciplinary approach and the use of technologies used in the diagnosis and treatment of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding from… Continue Reading
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A New Retraction Technique Improves the Safety of Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Kee-Hwan Kim, MD, PhD, Chang-Hyeok An, MD, PhD, Jeong-Soo Kim, MD, PhD, Il-Young Park, MD, PhD, Dong-Gu Kim, MD, PhD, Sang-Kwon Lee, MD, PhD Department of Surgery, Uijeongbu St. Mary??s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Uijeongbu, Korea Purpose:Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the gold-standard procedure for gallbladder removal. The advantages of this procedure… Continue Reading
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A Novel Minimally Invasive Access Techique Combining the Veress Needle with a Tracheostomy Hook
Logan Rawlins, MD, Peter Hallowell, MD, Bruce Schirmer, MD University of Virginia Objective: Many access techniques for laparoscopic surgery have been described including fascial cut-down, direct optical trocar entry, and Veress needle pre-insufflation. No entry technique has clearly shown to be superior, though some surgeons shy away from the Veress needle given the concern for… Continue Reading
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A randomised controlled trial to establish the effect of articulating instruments upon performance and learning curve in Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery
Harry P Corker, BSc, Pritam Singh, MBBS, MA, MRCS, Mikael H Sodergren, MRCS, PhD, Sathyan Balaji, BSc, Richard M Kwasnicki, BSc, Ara W Darzi, FRCS, KBE, Paraskevas A Paraskeva, PhD, FRCS Imperial College London IntroductionPlacing both instruments and laparoscope through one incision presents unique technical challenges. Such challenges result in a longer learning curve for… Continue Reading
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A Rare Case Presentation of a Symptomatic Omphalomesenteric Cyst in an Adult, 24-year Old Patient, Treated with Laparoscopic Resection.
Shohrat Annaberdyev, MD, Tony Capizzani, MD, Thomas Plesec, MD Cleveland Clinic During normal embryonal development, the omphalomesenteric duct, or vitelline duct serves as a primitive connection between the midgut and the yolk sac. Normally, the omphalomesenteric duct undergoes obliteration during the 5th-9th week of gestation. Failure of obliteration results in a persistent omphalomesenteric duct. Different… Continue Reading
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A Single Surgeon’s Experience with Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Ji-Young Sul, MD, PhD, Jun-Beom Park, MD, Byoung-Soon Park, MD Department of Surgery, Chungnam National University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea Introduction: Laparoscopic Surgery on the adrenal gland is a highly specific procedure that requires mastery of laparoscopic surgery. From January 2000 to July 2012, 128 laparoscopic adrenalectomies on 125 patients were performed by a… Continue Reading
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Acute pancreatitis secondary to an incarcerated diaphragmatic hernia repaired laparoscopically with mesh
Ricardo Mohammed, DO, Richard Y Greco, DO, Jennifer To, DO, Robert Madlinger, DO, FACOS, Erwin Douyon, MD St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center The majority (90%) of diaphragmatic herniations occur on the left side because of the protection offered by the liver on the right, and the relative weakness of the posterolateral aspect on the left… Continue Reading
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Bookkeeping for Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication: Nationwide Sample Analysis
Kenneth W Bueltmann, MD, Marek Rudnicki, MD, PhD Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois INTRODUCTION: Nissen Fundoplication is used for the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disorder (GERD) when medical efforts have failed. Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication (LNF) is offered to patients with GERD more often than open Nissen Fundoplication (ONF). It might be expected that… Continue Reading
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Clinical outcomes of single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy using standard laparoscopic instrumentation.
Erin Moran-Atkin, MD, Nathan Richards, MD, Richard Amdur, PhD, Fred Brody, MD, MBA Department of Surgery, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington DC Background Recent publications document variable outcomes comparing laparoscopic and single incision cholecystectomies. This study compares a large group of single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) patients versus a traditional laparoscopic four-port group(4PLC).… Continue Reading
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Collaborating Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Method for the Resection of Gastric Submucosal Tumors: Our Experience
Shuji Kitashiro, Kazuyuki Yamamoto, Kurumi Iwaki, Takanobu Onoda, Masaya Kawada, Yoshinori Suzuki, Yo Kawarada, Tetuyuki Okubo, Shunichi Okushiba, Hiroyuki Katoh, Tetsuya Sumiyoshi, Hitoshi Kondo, Ayano Mori KKR Tonan Hospital Sapporo Japan AIMS To determine our indication for collaboration of laparoscopic and endoscopic methods for the resection of gastric submucosal tumors. METHODS AND PROCEDURES Hiki et… Continue Reading
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Combined Laparoscopic & Endoscopic Transgastric Esophageal Stent Retrieval
Viet Phuong, MD, Kevin El-Hayek, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD, FACS Cleveland Clinic Foundation Management of chronic benign esophageal stricture is challenging. Patients often undergo repeated esophageal dilation & stent changes to alleviate their dysphagia. Esophageal stents can migrate and be difficult to retrieve. The following case highlights the management of this complication. The patient has… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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Comparison of Imaging-Assisted laparoscopic Adrenalectomy and Conventional Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy
Chi Hsiang Wu, MD, Hurng-Sheng Wu, MD, Eugene Lin, MD Changbin Show Chwan Memorial Hospital Purpose: A new image-guided surgical system, with a computer-aided imaging-overlay system between the real-time laparoscopic view and a reconstructed 3D surgical model of the targeted anatomy, named augmented reality (AR), We compare imaging-assisted laparoscopic adrenalectomy (IALA) and conventional laparoscopic adrenalectomy… Continue Reading
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Comparison of outcomes in patient undergoing laparoscopic colectomy at teaching versus nonteaching institutions
Justin Tawfik, Steve Eubanks, Pablo Arnoletti, Sebastian de la Fuente Florida Hospital INTRODUCTIONLaparoscopic colectomies are been increasingly performed at variety of different institutions nationwide. To date, there is no data comparing outcomes in patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy at non-teaching vs. teaching institutions. In this study, we evaluated early mortality rates, length of stay (LOS) and… Continue Reading
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