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
The Diagnostic Yield of Laparoscopic Lymph Node Biopsy Is Superior to the Percuanteous Technique in Cases of Suspected Lymphoma.
Shaun C Daly, MD, Matthew Klairmont, BS, Bulent Arslan, MD, Minh B Luu, MD, Jonathan A Myers, MD. Rush University Medical Center. Introduction: Optimal treatment of lymphoma requires an accurate tissue diagnosis. Immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry are the most common studies required for diagnosis and uniquely require more viable tissue than other malignancies to diagnose.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Novel Technique for Intraoperative Identification Of Ureters Using Sodium Fluorescein
Fernando Dip, MD, Mario Nahmod, MD, Pedro Ferraina, MD, Raul Rosenthal, MD, Steven Wexner, MD. Training Center and Experimental Surgery Jose de San Martin Clinical Hospital, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Department of Colorectal Surgery , Department of Minimal Invasive, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida US. BACKGROUND: Due to it’s unique properties, sodium fluorescein has… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Improved Survival Following Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy Compared to Open Surgery
Oliver C Burdall, James Fullick, Alexander P Boddy, Jane Blazeby, Richard Krysztopik, Christopher Streets, Andrew Hollowood, Christopher P Barham, Daniel R Titcomb. Bristol Royal Infirmary. INTRODUCTION Oesophageal cancer is one of the top ten most common cancers and increasing in incidence worldwide. As with other areas of surgery, minimally invasive techniques have been used to… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Preoperative warm-up the key to improved resident technique
Erin Moran-Atkin, MD, Ransom Wyse, MPH, CPH, Grace Chen, MD, Bethany Sacks, MD, Hien Nguyen, MD, Anne Lidor, MD, Thomas Magnuson, MD, Michael Schweitzer, MD, Kimberley Steele, MD. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The ACGME has required that a simulation and skills lab be incorporated into surgical residency training curricula. The benefit of practicing… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Meta-analysis of Safety and Efficacy of Laparoscopic Resection for Gasric Stromal Tumors
Yuchen Zhou, MS, Ke Chen, MS, Yiping Mou, MD, FACS. Department of General Surgery, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic resection for gastric stromal tumors with systematic review and meta-analysis. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The literature database before September, 2013 was extensively searched… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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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
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
Laparoscopic Versus Open Surgical Management of Small Bowel Obstruction – A Comparison of Outcomes
James P Byrne, BScEng, MD, Fady Saleh, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Luciano Ambrosini, MD, Carolina Jimenez, MD, Joshua Gnanasegaram, Fayez Quereshy, MD, MBA, FRCSC, Timothy D Jackson, MD, MPH, FRCSC, Allan Okrainec, MDCM, MHPE, FACS, FRCSC. Division of General Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto. As the laparoscopic management of acute small bowel obstruction (SBO)… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
SAGES Research Agenda in Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgery: Updated Results of a Delphi Study
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, Paul Montero, MD, David R Urbach, MD, MPH, Aurora Pryor, MD. Carolinas Healtcare System, University of Colorado, University of Toronto, Stony Brook University. Background: Research in gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery has witnessed an unprecedented growth since the introduction of minimally invasive techniques in surgery. Coordination and focus of research efforts could… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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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
Twisted and Backwards: Laparoscopic Ladd’s Procedure in a Patient with Malrotation, Situs Inversus and Preduodenal Portal Vein
Benjamin R Biteman, MD, MS, Todd Ponksy, MD, FACS, Amelia Dorsey, MD. Akron Children's Hospital. Description of failure of rotation and fixation of the intestinal tract was first described in the 1920s. In 1936, Ladd and Gross wrote the article on treatment of the condition. Situs inversus is a congenital condition in which the major… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release
Tatiana Hoyos, MD, John Stauffer, MD, Albert Hakaim, MD, Horacio Asbun, MD. Mayo Clinic, Florida. Median arcuate ligament syndrome is a rare condition in which the median arcuate ligament fibers from the diaphragm compress the celiac artery (CA). This is thought to be due to a low diaphragmatic insertion, a high celiac artery origin from… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Spleen preserving laparoscopic resection of splenic artery aneurysm
Francesco Stipa, MD, PhD, FACS, Emanuele Soricelli, MD, Ettore Santini, MD, P Paolantoni, MD, Francis Milton Reedy, MD. Department of Surgery, Colorectal and Vascular Surgical Units. San Giovanni Addolorata Hospital - Rome. Purpose: The splenic artery is the most common visceral artery to become aneurysmal. Indications for the treatment of splenic artery aneurysms include symptomatic… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome Four Months Following Sleeve Gastrectomy
Allison M Barrett, MD, David J Harrison, BA, Seth I Felder, MD, Edward H Phillips, MD, FACS, Miguel A Burch, MD, FACS. Cedars Sinai Medical Center. Superior mesenteric artery syndrome is rare, but has been reported in the bariatric surgery population in case reports. We describe a patient who developed SMA syndrome following rapid weight… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other