A Novel Method of Laparoscopic Port Site Closure to Significantly Decrease Postoperative Surgical Site Pain
Aram E Jawed, MD, Alexander D Abkin, MD, FACS, Eric A Abkin, Zoltan H Nemeth, MD, PhD. Morristown Medical Center, Department of Surgery. Introduction: There remain challenges in overcoming postoperative pain in laparoscopic surgery for large port sites in morbidly obese patients that require closure. Widely used ports site closure devices inevitably incorporate muscle… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Single-port Endo-laparoscopic Surgery vs Conventional Tep Inguinal Hernia Repair
Sujith I Wijerathne, MBBS, MRCS, Narendra Agarwal, MBBS, MS, Ahmad Ramzi, MD, Davide Lomanto, MD, PhD, FAMS. Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre, Department of Surgery; National University Health System, Singapore. The success of laparoscopic surgery was due to the less surgical trauma, including less operative pain, complications and better cosmetics. Evolution in the last decades has… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
A Prospective Trial Evaluating the Clinical Performance of a Novel Surgical Energy Device in Colorectal Surgery
J W Milsom, MD, K Trencheva, MS, T Sonoda, MD, G Nandakumar, MD, P Shukla, MD, S K Sharma, MD, S W Lee, MD. Weill Cornell Medical College. Introduction: This study reports the first USA prospective human trial evaluating the clinical performance of the THUNDERBEAT energy device. The quest for improvements and optimization of energy… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Surgical Approach and Timing of Bilateral Adrenalectomy
Billy Y Lan, Eren Taskin, MD, Erol Aksoy, MD, Onur Birsun, MD, Jaime Mitchell, MD, Allan Siperstein, Eren Berber, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Background: The optimal management of patients requiring bilateral adrenalectomy in regards to the surgical technique and timing of surgery has not been clearly defined. The aim of this study is to analyze… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
An elegant operative approach to gastric outlet obstruction following vertical banded gastroplasty
S M Streit, MD, Rana Pullatt, MD, MS, MRCS, FACS, Mark A Lockett, MD, Thomas C Eustis, MD. Medical University of South Carolina. This is the case of a 61yo morbidly obese Caucasian male with a history of vertical banded gastroplasty thirty years ago. He had only minimal weight loss postoperatively and remained obese his entire… Continue Reading
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Aneurysm of the Splenic Artery: Laparoscopic Approach
Federico Moser, MD, Pablo Maldonado, MD, Veronica Gorodner, P Saleg, MD, Lucio Obeide, MD. Hospital Privado de Cordoba. Aneurysms of the splenic artery are being diagnosed with greater frequency as incidental findings on cross-sectional imaging. The prevalence has been reported between 0.2 to 10.4%. This was a 55 yo woman, who was being evaluated for… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Artificial Hand for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Design and Testing of Initial Prototype
Jennifer Rosen, MD, Aaron Size, Yuzhang Yang, Andre Sharon, PhD, Alexis F Sauer-Budge, PhD. Boston University School of Medicine, Fraunhofer USA - CMI. INTRODUCTION: Compared with traditional open surgery, minimally invasive surgery may improve recovery and patient satisfaction while maintaining surgical principles. Laparoscopic, single incision, natural orifice and robotic approaches each hold their own appeal.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Benefits of Needlescopic Surgery – A Systematic Review of the Evidence
Joseph Shaw, Fatima Haggar, Mehar-Un-Nisa Rashid, Reilly Musselman, MD, Husein Moloo, MD, MSc, Joseph Mamazza, MD. Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Needlescopic surgery may be an alternative to conventional laparoscopic surgery as it uses smaller instruments, thereby potentially reducing postoperative pain, hospital stay and improving cosmesis. We performed a systematic review of published randomised controlled trials… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Can Single Anastomosis Post Pyloric Bypass or Loop Duodenal Switch be the bariatric operation of the future?
Roslin Mitchell, MD, FACS, Andrew R Brownlee, MD, Yuriy Dudiy, MD. Lenox Hill Hospital. For years the mechanisms of action for bariatric procedures were considered to be restriction and malabsorption. Recently, it has been found that hormonal changes such as reduction of ghrelin, or increased PYY and incretins are involved in hunger suppression and satiety.… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Comparison of Open versus Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy from the UHC Database
Anton Simorov, MD, Tiffany N Tanner, MD, Rudy P Lackner, MD, Karin P Trujillo, MD, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD, FACS, Mark A Carlson, MD, FACS. Department of Surgery, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha NE. INTRODUCTION Some retrospective data have accumulated which suggest improved perioperative outcome with minimally invasive esophagectomy compared to open esophagectomy. The… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Conversions during LS: A questionnaire based review according new conversion categories in Hungary
Istvan Gal, PhD, Zoltan Szabo, PhD, Miklos Czobel, MD, Gyorgy Weber, PhD. Robert Karoly Privat Hospital, Budapest Hungary, M.O.E.T. institute, San Francisco, CA, USA,, Department of Surgical Research and Technique Semmelweis Medical School of .Budapest, Hungary. The laparoscopic surgical procedures were introduced in Hungary in 1990.Since then, more than 180.000 operations have been performed.To date… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Cost Analysis of Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Liver Cirrhotic Patients with Massive Splenomegaly Based On the Learning Curve
Mingjun Wang, PhD, Jin Zhou, PhD, Zhong Wu, PhD, Xin Wang, PhD, Bing Peng, PhD. Department of Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery, West China Hospital, No. 37, Guoxue Alley, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China. Introduction: Compared with open splenectomy (OS), laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) is increasingly seen as a superior technique for liver cirrhotic patients with massive splenomegaly. On the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Diaphragmatic Pacing Can Subjectively Improve Symptoms and Quality of Life in Patients with Idiopathic Diaphragmatic Dysfunction
Vikram Vattipally, MD, Raymond P Onders, MD, MaryJo Elmo, ACNP, Eric M Pauli, MD. 1 Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. 2 University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio. Introduction: Electrical pacing of the diaphragm was introduced over 40 years ago to treat patients with chronic apnea due to injury or diseases of the… Continue Reading
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Direct Access Ercp: A Novel and Reliable Surgical Technique for Patients with Roux-en-y Anatomy
Cheryl Lin, MD, Robert J Aragon, MD, Aaron D Carr, MD, Mohamed R Ali, MD, FACS. Department of Surgery, University of California, Davis.. Background: The universal need for surgically-assisted access to the biliary tree following Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) has grown as the incidence of bariatric surgery has increased. Even with the availability of expert… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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During laparoscopic cholecystectomy; cystic artery can be cauterized safely
Sherwan Aziz, MBChB, MSc. Hawler Medical University. Introduction: Gall stones disease is a common disorder affecting females of all ages especially in their forties, cholecystectomy usually performed laparoscopicly, the traditional procedure during laparoscopy is to ligate both cystic duct and cystic artery by clips. The gall bladder is removed with its duct ( cystic duct)… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other