Teaching and Good Results Can Go Hand in Hand in Bariatric Surgery: 1733 Consecutive Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Cases at a Teaching Center Without Gastro-jejunostomy Leak
Ashutosh Kaul, MD FRCS FACS, Anthony Maffei, MD FACS, Thomas Sullivan, BS, Edward Yatco, MD FACS, Thomas Cerabona, MD FACS, Niu Zhang, MD. New York Medical College Aim of this presentation is to communicate our series of 1733 consecutive laparoscopic gastric bypasses done at a teaching center without any leak from the gastro-jejunostomy and… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Tapp Repair of Spigelian Hernia and Incidentally Found Indirect Inguinal and Femoral Hernia: a Case Report
Amy L Hiuser, MD, John Bach, MD, Timothy Barnett, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation We are reporting a case of an 84 year-old female who presented to outpatient surgery clinic with complaints of a right-sided abdominal bulge. Upon physical examination patient was found to have a bulge at the lateral border of the rectus muscle… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Systematic Review of Robotic-Assisted Colon and Rectal Surgery
Aliyah Kanji, MD, Richdeep S Gill, MD, Xinzhe Shi, MPH, Daniel W Birch, MD, Shahzeer Karmali, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Toronto and University of Alberta Introduction: Colorectal surgery is one of the most common procedures performed by general surgeons with an increasing number being performed laparoscopically. Robotic technology is emerging as the… Continue Reading
Systematic Removal of More Than 50% of Fluid in Patients With Clinically Significant Reflux Or Slippage-like Complications of Adjustable Gastric Banding Is an Effective Treatment Option
Andrea S Bedrosian, MD, Nabeel R Obeid, MD, Bradley F Schwack, MD, Heekoung Youn, RN MA, Christine J Ren Fielding, MD, George A Fielding, MD, Marina S Kurian, MD. New York University Langone Medical Center IntroductionAs the patient population with laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) becomes more prevalent, and with it several known clinical… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Symptomatic Para Esophageal and Incisional Hernia: Simultaneous Or Sequential Repair?
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Stephen Kavic, MD, Adrian Park, MD. Department of Surgery University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Dalhousie, Halifax NS Canada Objective: Paraesophageal (PEH) may represent a significant challenge for the minimally invasive surgeon. Increasingly, we are finding this condition in patients who also have an… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Swallow Syncope After Laparoscopic Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy: First Reported Case
Sergio G Casillas, MD, Gintaras Antanavicius, MD FACS. Abington Memorial Hospital, Department of Surgery Introduction: Vasovagal arrhythmias are well documented in the general population, especially in patients with primary cardiac disorders, such as hypertensive heart disease, congestive heart failure and ischemic cardiomyopathy. The presence of arrhythmias related to gastrointestinal disorders is rare. We present… Continue Reading
Survival and Surgical Outcomes After Laparoscopy-Assisted Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer: Case Control Study
Young-woo Kim, Bang Wool Eom, Sang Eok Lee, Keun Won Ryu, Jun Ho Lee, Hong Man Yoon, Soo-jeong Cho, Myeong-cherl Kook, Soo Jin Kim. Gastric Cancer Branch, Research Institute & Hospital, National Cancer Center Background: Few Long-term survival data of laparoscopy assisted total gastrectomy (LATG) was reported. Purpose of this study was to investigate… Continue Reading
Surmounting the Learning Curve of Three-field Mie: One Institution’s Experience
Jeffrey S Fronza, MD, Brett C Sheppard, MD, Paul H Schipper, MD, Brian Diggs, PhD, Miriam A Douthit, MA, John G Hunter, MD. Oregon Health and Sciences University Introduction: Minimally-invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is a technically demanding operation and expertise is concentrated in a small number of high volume centers. Our institution has performed MIE… Continue Reading
Surgical Way of Adhesions Formation Prevention
Vladimir M Demidov, PhD D Sci Medicine, Sergei M Demidov, PhD Medicine. Odessa National Medical University, Ukraine Afteroperation period characterizes by the possible numerous complication developments especially in the case of the intraabdominal surgical interventions. One could observe the immediate response inflammative reaction in case of peritoneum trauma (even mild). Clear that it’s impossible… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Surgical Versus Percutaneous Drainage for Pancreatic Pseudocysts: Patient, Disease and Procedure Characteristics
Justin Lee, MD, Romie Mundy, MD, Neal E Seymour, MD. St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine IntroductionThe objectives of this study were to use population-based data to 1) compare recent use of percutaneous and surgical drainage procedures, 2) quantify utilization of laparoscopy for pseudocyst, and 3) define patient… Continue Reading
Surgical Treatment Options for Rectal Carcinoid Cancer: Trans-Anal Excision Versus Low Anterior Total Mesorectal Excision
Yz Wang, MD, A E Diebold, BS, J P Boudreaux, MD, D Raines, MD, R Campeau, MD, L Anthony, MD, E A Woltering, MD. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Background: The biological behavior of rectal carcinoids has not been fully studied and appreciated due to the rarity of the disease and thus, the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Surgical Site Infection in NOTES Surgery
José F Noguera, PhD MD, Angel Cuadrado, PhD MD, Juan C García, MD, José M Olea, MD, Rafael Morales, MD. Hospital Son Llàtzer. IUNICS Introduction.NOTES surgery in a new modality of minimally invasive surgery. Transvaginal approach is the most used one to perform intraabdominal human procedures. We must know if this new approach is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Surgical Outcomes and Operative Risk of Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma: Results From a Large Single Center Cohort
Oh Jeong, MD, Young Kyu Park, MD PhD, Mi Ran Jeong, MD, Kwang Yong Kim, MD. Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, South Korea Background: Compared to the widespread use of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) for early gastric cancer, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) still remains as a challenging procedure, because of its… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Surgical Outcome of Laparoscopic Heller-dor Procedure for Young Patients With Achalasia
Kazuto Tsuboi, MD, Nobuo Omura, MD, Fumiaki Yano, MD, Masato Hoshino, MD, Se Ryung Yamamoto, MD, Shunsuke Akimoto, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, JAPAN Back ground: Endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) and laparoscopic Heller-Dor operation (LHD) have been considered effective treatments for achalasia. Although… Continue Reading
Surgical Outcome After Laparoscopic Surgery in Patients With Colonic Adenomatous Polyposis Syndromes
Francisco Lopez-kostner, MD, Alejandro J Zarate, MD, Udo Kronberg, MD, Claudio Wainstein, MD, Katya Carrillo, MD. Colorectal Unit. Clinica las Condes Introduction: Colonic adenomatous poliposis (CAP) syndromes include classical FAP and attenuated polyposis and are associated to a higher risk to develop colorectal cancer. Surgical treatment includes complete removal of the colon and sometimes… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal