Vascular Injury During Laparoscopic Left Adrenalectomy
Ankur Gupta, MD, Edward H Phillips, MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center Objective: Video case presentation of a vascular injury during laparoscopic left adrenalectomy. Background: 25 y.o. female with persistent hypertension and mildly elevated urine normetanephrine levels at 559 was found to have a 1cm left infero-medial adrenal lesion. The patient was noted to have an… Continue Reading
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- Outcomes and Quality
The impact of perioperative factors on morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic surgery.
Takanori Morikawa, MD, Takeshi Naitoh, MD, FACS, Masayuki Kakyo, MD, Naoki Tanaka, MD, Shinobu Ohnuma, MD, Hiroyuki Sasaki, MD, Katsuyoshi Kudo, MD, Takaho Okada, MD, Hiroki Hayashi, MD, Hiroshi Yoshida, MD, Fuyuhiko Motoi, MD, Koh Miura, MD, Yu Katayose, MD, Chikashi Shibata, MD, Shinichi Egawa, MD, FACS, Michiaki Unno, MD Department of Surgery, Tohoku University… Continue Reading
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Surgical Safety in Gastric Bypass. Outcomes from 366 patients in an International Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence in Mexico City.
David Valadez-Caballero, MD, Hugo Sanchez, MD, Miguel F Herrera-Hernandez, MD, PhD, FACS ABC MEDICAL CENTER MEXICO CITY INTRODUCTION: Obesity is considered an increasingly expensive problem for health services. The problem occurs as a result of the associated medical illnesses and the cost spent on his treatment. The explosive growth of bariatric surgery and the weakness… Continue Reading
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Standardized protocol utilization decreases rate of complications: A study of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in 189 consecutive patients.
Carlos A Macias, MD, MPH, Bryan Sandler, MD, Juan S Barajas-Gamboa, MD, Manuel Valero, MD, Joslin Cheverie, MD, Mark A Talamini, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, Garth R Jacobsen University of California San Diego Introduction. Longitudinal sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has increasingly been used as the primary treatment for morbid obesity. Two potential major potential complications are… Continue Reading
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Sleeve Gastrectomy Complicated by Chronic Gastrocutaneous Fistula, Septic emboli to the Brain and pulmonary embolism
Fernando Safdie, MD, Pablo Marin, MD, Carolina Ampudia, MD, Abraham Betancourt, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Raul Rosenthal, MD The Bariatric and Metabolic Institute and the Section of Minimally Invasive and Endoscopic Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida Introduction: Gastrointestinal leaks after bariatric surgery are the primary cause of serious morbidity and mortality nationwide.… Continue Reading
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- Outcomes and Quality
Should routine UGI after bypass be standard of care?
Gregory J Coffman, MD, MS Ochsner Clinic Foundation Because of the risk of significant morbidity and mortality in bariatric patients routine upper GI (UGI) is used postoperatively for early identification of complications such as gastro-jejunal leak. Our program, as well as many others, has adopted routine use of post operative day one UGI. There is… Continue Reading
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Short-term outcome of laparoscopic assited distal gastrectomy for early gastric cancer in obese and nonobese patients
Katsunobu Sakurai, PhD, Kazuya Muguruma, PhD, Hiroaki Tanaka, PhD, Tomohiro Lee, PhD, Hisashi Nagahara, Kenjiro Kimura, PhD, Takahiro Toyokawa, PhD, Eiji Noda, PhD, Ryosuke Amano, PhD, Naoshi Kubo, PhD, Masakazu Yashiro, PhD, Kiyoshi Maeda, Masaichi Ohira, PhD, Kosei Hirakawa, PhD Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduated School of Medicine Background: LADG for early… Continue Reading
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Safety and Feasibility of Laparoscopic Abdominal Surgery on Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Assist Devices
Awais Ashfaq, MD, Alyssa Chapital, MD, PhD, Daniel J Johnson, MD, Linda Staley, MSN, NP, Francisco A Arabia, MD, MBA, Kristi Harold, MD Mayo Clinic Hospital, Arizona, US ObjectivesThere are an increasing number of mechanical circulatory assist devices (MCAD) being placed in end-stage heart failure patients. Morbidity from device placement is high with frequent bleeding,… Continue Reading
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Safety and effectiveness of the use of polypropylene mesh to reinforce the hiatus during laparoscopic fundoplication
Eduardo N Trindade, MD, Manoel R Trindade, MD, Vinicius von Diemen, MD, Ricardo F Francio Department of Surgery, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and Division of Digestive Surgery, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA) INTRODUCTION: We want to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the use of polypropylene mesh as a… Continue Reading
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Roux limb to gastric remnant fistula: An unreported complication of roux-en-y gastric bypass surgery
Farah Karipineni, MD, MPH, Ian Soriano, MD Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA Background and objectives: Gastrogastric fistulas (GGFs) are seen in 1.5% to 12.5% of patients after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) bariatric surgery, often leading to abdominal pain, dry heaving, and failure to lose adequate weight. Roux limb to gastric remnant fistula is a… Continue Reading
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Right Atrium Monitoring with Transesophageal Echocardiography Could Avoid Crucial Carbon Dioxide Gas Embolism in Pure Laparoscopic Liver Resection.
Akihiko Oshita, MD, PhD, Masahide Shinzawa, MD, PhD, Masaru Sasaki, MD, PhD, Takashi Kumada, MD, Takuro Yamaguchi, MD, Hiroyuki Taogoshi, MD, Yasushi Kato, MD, Hiroyuki Nakamura, MD, PhD, Mikihiro Kanou, MD, Mohei Kouyama, MD, PhD, Yuji Imamura, MD, PhD, Masakazu Nakao, MD, PhD, Astushi Nakamitsu, MD, PhD JA Hiroshima General Hospital Introduction: Since many operative… Continue Reading
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Retention of Benefit: Laparoscopic Appendectomy in the Gravid Female
James C Iannuzzi, MD, Dylan R Nieman, MD, PhD, Kristin N Kelly, MD, Aaron S Rickles, MD, Veerabhadram Garimella, MD, MRCS, Emily S Barrett, PhD, John RT Monson, MD, Fergal J Fleming, MD Surgical Health Outcomes Introduction:Pregnant women undergoing surgery are at elevated risk of surgical complications. Changes in vascular physiology, danger to the fetus,… Continue Reading
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Rectal Obliteration Following Stapled Haemarrhoidopexy; Is It a Rare Complication?
Abdalla Mustafa, Mian Jabbar, Muhammad Rashid, Martin Downey, Kawan Shalli Wishaw General Hospital, NHS Lanarkshire, Scotland Introduction: Stapled haemarrhoidopexy (SH) is a widely accepted procedure for treatment of symptomatic haemorrhoids and rectal mucosal prolapse. Less postoperative pain and less operative time were the main attractive features when compared to conventional treatment procedures. Rates of complication… Continue Reading
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PINPOINT endoscopic fluorescence perfusion assessment of colorectal anastomoses – Will this impact outcomes? The PILLAR II Study.
Michael J Stamos, MD, on behalf of the PILLAR II Study Investigators University of California, Irvine Objective of the Study/TechniqueAnastomotic leakage following colorectal resection and primary anastomosis is an important clinical problem that causes increased morbidity and mortality to the patient, especially in low anterior resections (LAR). The incidence of anastomotic leaks reported in the… Continue Reading
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Patient Centered Outcomes Following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Matthew Zapf, BA, Woody Denham, MD, Ermilo Barrera, MD, Zeeshan Butt, PhD, John Linn, MD, JoAnn Carbray, RN, Hongyan Du, MS, Michael Ujiki, MD NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine INTRODUCTION - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy is the second most common general surgical operation performed in the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Outcomes and Quality