Short-Term Outcome of Laparoscopic Colorectal Cancer Surgery in Elderly Patients
Kazuki Ueda, MD, Haruhiko Imamoto, MD, Kiyotaka Okuno, MD, Fumiaki Sugiura, MD, Koji Daito, MD, Shigeru Hatabe, MD, Takehito Yoshifuji, MD, Eizaburo Ishimaru, MD, Tadao Tokoro, MD, Jin-ichi Hida, MD, Hitoshi Shiozaki, MD. Kinki University School of Medicine Aim: The object of this retrospective study was to assess the outcome of laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Practical Method of Reabdominal Access After Specimen Removal Through Alexis Wound Retractor During Laparoscopically Assisted Colorectal Surgery
ARAS EMRE CANDA, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, BAHA ARSLAN, MD. DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, TURKEY INTRODUCTION: During laparoscopically assisted colorectal surgery continuity of the bowel can be constructed extra or intracorporeally. Here we describe a useful method for re-accessing the abdominal cavity after extracting the specimen without the loss of pneumoperitoneum. METHOD… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Multidisciplinary Management of Colorectal Cancer Enhances Perioperative Evaluation and Access to Multimodal Therapy
Rebecca A Levine, MD, Bhani Chawla, MD, Shelli Bergeron, NC, Harry Wasvary, MD. William Beaumont Hospital INTRODUCTION:The purpose of our study was to determine the impact of a multidisciplinary clinic on preoperative evaluation and access to multimodal care for patients with colorectal cancer.METHODS:Data was prospectively collected on all patients with newly diagnosed colon, rectal, or… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Carcinoid – A Rare Presentation
Afaq Z Khan, MD, Shahbano Jamali, MD, Iqbal Khan, FRCS, Assad Khan, MBBS. Hays Medical Center Gastrointestinal tract is the most common location for a Carcinoid Tumour. Carcinoid in abscence of neurohumoral or local effects is found incidentally. We present two cases from rural Kansas which were operated upon for adenocarcinoma of the colon. At… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Entereg (Alvimopan) Reduces Hospital Stay By 48 Hours After Loop Ileosomy Closure
Stephanie Pappas, MD, Fia Yi, MD, Kelly Klinker, MD, David N Armstrong, MD. Georgia Colon and Rectal Surgical Clinic Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of Enterg (Alvimopan) in decreasing postoperative ileus and hospital stay after loop ileotomy closure. Loop ileostomy reversal is a simple and standard procedure with little technical variability between surgeons. This provides… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy Should Be the Standard of Care for Diseases of the Right Colon Which Require Surgical Resection: A Large Multicenter Outcome Study
Oleg Dolghi, MD, Vishal M Kothari, MD, Jason F Reynoso, MD, Elizabeth M Schmidt, MD, Anton Simorov, MD, J U Unnirevi, MBBS, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska Medical Center Introduction: A large multi-center study on outcomes of laparoscopic and open right hemicolectomy has not been performed. The objective of this study was to retrospectively… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Analysis of Conversion Reasons with 1224 Different Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeries At a Single Institute: How Improvement of Laparoscopic Skill and Refinement of Laparoscopic Instrumentation Perfect the Laparoscopic Colorectal Practice?
Song Liang, MD PHD, Morris E Franklin, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute ABSTRACT BACKGROUD AND OBJECTIVES: Conversion rate has been referred as one of the parameters to judge the complexity of laparoscopic colorectal procedure. This study was designed to analyze prospectively collected clinical database on the patients undergoing various laparoscopic colorectal operations at our institute, and… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Multidisciplinary Team Management of Colorectal Cancer Is Associated with Increased Rates of Laparoscopic Resection
Rebecca A Levine, MD, Harry Wasvary, MD. William Beaumont Hospital INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of multidisciplinary team management on surgical care of colorectal cancer. Multidisciplinary clinics have become increasingly prominent in the treatment of complex malignancy but data to support their efficacy is limited. We investigated the influence… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Total Colectomy. Feasibility and Results
Alejandro Canelas, MD, Maximiliano Bun, MD, Esteban Grzona, MD, Nicolás Goldaracena, MD, Mariano Laporte, MD, Nicolás Rotholtz, MD. Colorectal Surgery Section. Hospital Alemán. Buenos Aires - Argentina. INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic colectomy is a complex procedure. Few center practice laparoscopic total colectomy because the technical difficulty and the need for a long learning curve. The aim of… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Resection of a Pelvic Schwannoma with Intraoperative Electromyography Monitoring
I.Emre Gorgun, MD, Philip , Paty, MD, Mark Bilsky, MD. Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Symptomatic neural tumors arising in the pelvis generally require large incisions and intraoperative electromyographic (EMG) monitoring for safe removal by laparotomy. Here we report laparoscopic removal of a 6cm schwannoma arising from the right S2 nerve root in a 40-year-old woman.… Continue Reading
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Techniques for Complete Total Mesorectal Excision in Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection: the Importance of Identifying Visceral Pelvic Fascia and Neurovascular Bundle
Ziqiang wang, Ziqiang wang, YuanChuan Zhang, YuanChuan Zhang, Zhongguang Zhou, Zhongguang Zhou. department of gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery, West China hospital, Due to better local control and survival provided by total mesorectal excision (TME) for treatment of rectal cancer, TME has wildly been accepted as the gold standard for surgery of middle or low rectal… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Approach to Obstructive Colon Cancer: What Are the Options?
Morris E Franklin, JR, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD, Daniel Davila, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Introduction:Most centers consider malignant colonic obstruction a contraindication to perform laparoscopic surgery, and, in clinical practice guidelines the recommendations are limited to patients who do not have colon cancer associated with perforation, obstruction, fistula or are locally advanced. Trials that… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Major Open Colorectal Surgery Is Associated with Proangiogenic Plasma Compositional Changes: Plasma From Patients Undergoing Open Cancer Resection Stimulates in Vitro Endothelial Cell Growth, Invasion, and Migration
HMC Shantha Kumara HMC, PhD, Daniel Kirchoff, MD, Joonho Jang, MD, Xiaohong Yan, PhD, Micheal Grieco, MD, Vesna Cekic, RN, Richard R Whelan, MD. St Luke Roosevelt Hospital Center,Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, NY,New York 10019, USA Introduction: Minimally invasive colorectal resection (MICR) is associated with unique plasma elevations of the proangiogenic proteins VEGF,… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
The English National Training Program for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery: What Do the Trainees Think?
Susannah M Wyles, MSc MRCS, Danilo Miskovic, MD FRCS, George B Hanna, PhD FRCS, Mark G Coleman, MD FRCS. Imperial College London, Derriford Hospital (on behalf of the National Training Program) IntroductionThe National Training Programme (NTP) was set up in 2008 to target established colorectal surgeons who desired to learn laparoscopic colorectal surgery. The aim… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Left Colonic Resection for Peritonitis Caused By Diverticulitis
Elie K CHOUILLARD, MD, Vincenzo J GRECO, MD, Andrew A GUMBS, MD FACS. On behalf of the Intercontinental Society of Natural Orifice, Endoscopic, and Laparoscopic Surgery (i-NOELS), Poissy, FRANCE AIM: Purulent or fecal peritonitis is one of the most serious complications of acute diverticulitis. Up to one fourth of patients hospitalized for acute diverticulitis require… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal