Partial splenectomy in the management of blunt splenic trauma
Hamdy S Abd Allah, PhD. Gastrointestinal Surgery Unit, General Surgery Department, Faculty Of Medicine, Tanta University. Background: A ruptured spleen caused by blunt abdominal injury was often treated by splenectomy. Overwhelming post-splenectomy infection occurs in 1.4% of all such cases and the mortality is about 50-80%. There is a hard evidence to support the concept… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for malignant lymphoma of the spleen
Michiya Kobayashi, MD, PhD, Ken Okamoto, MD, PhD, Hiromichi Maeda, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, MD, PhD, Tsutomu Namikawa, MD, PhD, Ken Dabanaka, MD, PhD, Daisuke Nakamura, MD, Koji Oba, PhD, Kazuhiro Hanazaki, MD, PhD. Department of Human Health and Medical Sciences, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Japan. We have established hand-assisted laparoscopic (HALS) splenectomy for patients… Continue Reading
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Transumbilical single-incision laparoscopic splenectomy using conventional instruments: preliminary experience in consecutive patients and comparison to standard multiple-incision laparoscopic splenectomy
Ying Fan, Shuodong Wu. Department of the Second General Surgery, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China. Background Application of single-incision laparoscopic surgery(SILS) technique in splenectomy is still in its infancy with limited literature reports for limited indications. The purpose of this study is to study the feasibility… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic-assisted Autotransplantation of a Renal Artery Aneurysm
Heidi J Miller, MD, MPH, Rashad G Choudry, MD, Radi Zaki, MD. Albert Einstein Healthcare Network. We present a 63 year old healthy man with hypertension, who was evaluated for hematuria, at which time a 2.8 cm renal artery aneurysm (RAA) was identified by CT angiography. An unrelated bladder mass was discovered to be the… Continue Reading
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Single incision laparoscopic splenectomy: feasibility and comparison to multiport laparoscopic splenectomy.
Masataka Ikeda, MD, Mitsugu Sekimoto, MD, Koji Takami, MD, Motohiro Hirao, MD, Michihiko Miyazaki, MD, Hideyasu Ohmiya, MD, Atsushi Miyamoto, MD, Kazuhiro Nishikawa, MD, Tadashi Asaoka, MD, Masakazu Miyake, MD, Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, MD, Naotsugu Haraguchi, MD, Shoji Nakamori, MD. Osaka National Hospital. Background: We have started single incision laparoscopic splenectomy (SILS) since 2009, and have… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Burhan Mayir, Tuna Bilecik, Umit Koc, Cemal Ozben Ensari, Mehmet Tahir Oruc, Nurullah Bulbuller. Antalya Education and Research Hospital. Introduction Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the preferred surgical procedure for the elective splenctomy. In this study, we present our experience with laparoscopic splenectomy. Matherial-Method The files of patients who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy reviewed retrospectively. Diagnosis, operation… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Wandering spleen presenting with torsion, ITP exacerbation
Eric W Owings, MD, Sagar Gandhi, MD, Todd Nickloes, DO, Andrea M Alexander, MD. Univsity of Tennessee Medical Center Knoxville. Introduction: Wandering spleen is a rare medical condition in which the spleen is not located in the left upper quadrant but rather in variable locations of the dependent abdomen due to the absence of peritoneal… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic removal of an accessory spleen for recurrent idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura 5 years after laparoscopic splenectomy
Hugo Bonatti, MD, Daniel Medina, MD, Stephen Kavic, MD. University of Maryland. Background: Treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) refractory to medical management consists of splenectomy with a high success rate. Recurrent ITP may be due to regrowth of a missed accessory spleen. Case report: A 59 year old female had undergone laparoscopic splenectomy for… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Number of Lymph nodes removed during radical prostatectomy for early prostate cancer as it relates to outcome
Ebrahim Abdal, Dr, Amina Bouhelal, Dr, Bijendra Patel, Mr, Hitendra Patel, Professor. Barts Cancer Institute Queen Mary University of London. Background: Pelvic lymphadenectomy has always been considered as a gold standard method in staging of prostate cancer. It is also worthy to note that to this date there is no consensus within the medical literature… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Renal Parenchyma Perfusion During Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy
Adam J Reid, MD, Myron Powell, MD, Carl Westcott, MD. Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. INTRODUCTION Renal blood flow during Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy is poorly documented. This is important because there is concern about the effects of arterial spasm on renal perfusion during mobilization and dissection of the renal artery. Some surgeons feel it… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic Assisted Splenctomy for Splenomegaly by Malignat Lymphoma and Hypersplenisms
Shinjiro Tomiyasu, MD, PhD, Kazutoshi Okabe, MD, PhD, Hiroyuki Komori, MD, Osamu Sano, MD, Akira Tsuji, MD, Hiroshi Tanaka, MD, Shinji Ishikawa, MD, PhD, Hiroki Sugita, MD, PhD, Tetsumasa Arita, MD, PhD, Yasushi Yagi, MD, PhD, Tsuyoshi Yamanaka, MD, PhD, Masahiko Hirota, MD, PhD, Toru Beppu, MD, PhD, FACS, Hideo Baba, MD, PhD, FACS. Kumamoto… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Robotic Versus Laparoscopic Surgery for Colonic Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Intra-Operative Variables.
Kandace M Kichler, MD, Alberto Zarak, MD, Alvaro Castillo, MD, Lucy M De La Cruz, MD, Leonardo Tamariz, MD, MPH, Srinivas Kaza, MD, FACS. University of Miami, Regional Campus, West Palm Beach, Florida. BACKGROUND: The use of Robotic surgery has been proven to be a safe and effective alternative to laparoscopic techniques in the treatment… Continue Reading
Robotic-Assisted AbdominoPerineal Resection: Efficacy and Safety in a community hospital setting..
Marcus F Yarbrough, MD, *Subhasis Misra, MD, MS, FACCWS. Department of Surgery CTCA - Midwestern Hospital, Zion, IL. *Texas Tech University Health Science Center - Amarillo, TX. Background: Robotic assisted (® da Vinci System, Intuitive Surgical, Inc) surgery for abdominoperineal resection (APR), can be a challenging procedure for approach to low rectal and anal cancers.… Continue Reading
Evaluating the Collaborative Approach to the Implementation of Robotic Kidney Surgery
Timothy Johnson, MD, Roc McCarthy, DO, Ashley Adams, BS, Thomas V Clancy, MD, William W Hope, MD. New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Since the initial adoption by urologist for performing prostatectomies, robotic surgery has become more widespread with almost all surgical specialties now performing robotic procedures. Robotic kidney surgery adoption has been less widespread possibly… Continue Reading
Out by 3:30 – A Study in Bariatric Robotic Surgery Efficiency
Hernan D Urrego, MD, Aliu Sanni, MD, Juan P Toro, MD, S. Scott Davis, MD, John F Sweeney, MD, Edward Lin, DO, Ankit D Patel, MD. Emory University. Introduction One of the barriers to the acceptance of the use of robotics in bariatric surgery has been the overall increase in perioperative and operative times compared… Continue Reading