Emergency Laparoscopic Approach in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
Alejandro Canelas, MD, Esteban Grzona, MD, Mariano Laporte, MD, Maximiliano Bun, MD, Nicolás Rotholtz, MD. Colorectal Surgery Section. Hospital Alemán. Buenos Aires - Argentina. INTRODUCTION: The surgical treatment of choice in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) is the restorative proctocolectomy with ileo-anal J pouch. This surgery is performed laparoscopically with excellent results. In patients with… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Emergency Laparoscopic Repair for Incarcerated Ventral Hernia with Composite Mesh
Joe Fan, MD, Oswens Lo, MD, Wai Lun Law, MD. The University of Hong Kong OBJECTIVES: Laparoscopic repair has been widely used for uncomplicated ventral hernia as it is associated with fewer post-operative wound complications and a shorter hospital stay. We explored the safety of porcine collagen coated mesh (Parietex™Composite, COVIDIEN®) in emergency laparoscopic repair… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Endo-Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Treatment of Morbid Obesity
Dennis Wong, MD, Wai-Hong Chan, MD, Ho-Hing Wong, Michael Li, MD. Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the result of a novel minimally invasive surgical technique that combines conventional laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy with endoscopy in the management of morbid obesity. Method: Patients who fulfilled the recommendation for… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic Ampullectomy
Myron C Stokes, MD, Kirpal Singh, MD FACS. St. Vincent/Indiana University Fellowship of Advanced Laparoscopy, Endoscopy & Ultrasound Ampullary neoplasms account for approximately five percent of all gastrointestinal neoplasms. Local resection of the Ampulla of Vater was first described in 1899 by Halsted. It was not until the 1980's that the first endoscopic ampullectomy was… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Endoscopic Clip-Assisted Nasoenteral Post-Pyloric Feeding Tube Placement
Albert Amini, MD, John Watt, MD, John Kettelle, MD. University of Arizona College of Medicine Introduction: Feeding tube placement can be difficult in patients with abnormal anatomy after surgery. In addition, some patients cannot tolerate gastric feedings and require the feeding tube to terminate distal to the pylorus, eliminating the possibility of using percutaneous gastrostomy… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing in the Burn Population
Zeljko Stjepanovic, MD, G. McKeon, MS, J. Klaff, MD, A. Cordova, K. B Gerold, DO, L.A. Price, MD, S. M Milner, MBBS. Johns Hopkins Burn Center, Baltimore Introduction: Patients with burns often require prolonged intubation. This has been associated with aspiration and negative outcomes including increased mortality, pneumonia, compromised nutrition, and prolonged hospital stays. Dysphagia… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Endoscopic Findings and Outcomes of Revisional Procedures in Patients with Weight Recidivism After Gastric Bypass
Panot Yimcharoen, Manish Singh, Stacy Brethauer, Philip Schauer, Tomasz Rogula, Matthew Kroh, Bipan Chand. Cleveland Clinic Foundation BACKGROUND: Significant long-term weight regain occurs in 10-20% patients after gastric bypass (RYGB). Treatment of this chronic disease requires an understanding of why some patients regain weight years after surgery. Enlargement of the gastric pouch or gastrojejunostomy (GJ)… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic Infrared Coagulation: Broad Range of Novel and Practical Utility Ranging From Internal Hemorrhoids to NOTES
Elisabeth C McLemore, MD, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, Rudy Rai, MD, Junaid Siddiqui, MD, P Patrick Basu, MD, Mousab Tabbaa, MD, Michael S Epstein, MD. University of California, San Diego Objective: A novel endoscopic delivery system for infrared coagulation therapy has recently been designed and approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in human… Continue Reading
Endoscopic Prevalence of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in 611 Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Desh B Sharma, MD, Piotr Gorecki, MD, Rekha Khurana, MD, Eric Frey, MD, Won Sohn, MD. New York Methodsit Hospital Background: Several previous studies have reported a higher prevalence of H. pylori infection in obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery, while others have shown decreased prevalence when compared to the general population. A few studies have… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic Pulmonary Vein Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation: A Giant Step Forward
Denise W Gee, MD, Alex Escalona, MD, Katherine H Briggs, Brian G Turner, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD, William R Brugge, MD, David W Rattner, MD. Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital INTRODUCTION: Endovascular pulmonary vein (PV) ablation is time-consuming and can require significant fluoroscopic exposure. Current surgical methods of treating atrial fibrillation are more effective,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Endoscopic Retrieval of a Retained Nasogastric Tube Following a Robotically-Assisted Laparoscopic Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch. a Novel Use of Endoscopic Cutter
Iswanto Sucandy, MD, Jeffrey Berman, MD, Gintaras Antanavicius, MD FACS. Abington Memorial Hospital Introduction : In many bariatric centers, nasogastric tube (NGT) is routinely utilized during creation of the gastrojejunal anastomosis in a roux-en-y gastric bypass or the duodenojejunal anastomosis in a duodenal switch. A potential complication of this technique includes inadvertent stapling or suturing… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography: A Rare Cause of Splenic Avulsion
Hamed Taheri, MD, Kalyan Vunnamadala, MD, Leopoldo Baccaro, MD, Artun Aksade, MD. Easton Hospital BACKGROUND: Endoscopic Retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) is an extremely feasible diagnostic and therapeutic tool with few complications. Here we present a patient who was diagnosed with a splenic avulsion after undergoing ERCP. METHOD: Case presentation and liturature review for splenic injury caused… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Endoscopic Skills Level- Do We Need to Set Standards and Evaluation Methods for a Safe Training and Practice?
Ben Selvan, MD, Amy Cha, MD, Jon B Morris, MD, Joe Palmerie, MD, Krisoffel Dumon, MD, Noel Williams, MD, Gary Korus, MD. Penn Medicine Clinical simulation center, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia Background: The Surgical Council on Resident Education has identified endoscopy as a "common" or "essential" procedure that requires competency by the end… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Malignancies of the Foregut: an Early North American Experience
Lorenzo E Ferri, MD PhD, Gerald Fried, MD. McGill University and The Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery Objective: Endoscopic resection of early malignancies of the GI tract is justified in patients with a negligible risk of lymph node metastasis. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) enables the organ-sparing and en-bloc resection of any size lesion, significantly… Continue Reading
Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Gastric Lesion By Using a Master and Slave Transluminal Endoscopic Robot (MASTER): A Survival Study
DAVIDE LOMANTO, MD PhD FAMS Surg, SOO JAY PHEE, PhD, RAJAT GOEL, MBBS MS DNB, ANDY PRIMA KENCANA, B Eng, SOON CHIANG LOW, PhD, kHEK YU-HO, MD. Dep.of Surgery and Dept. Of Medicine, Y L L School of Medicine, National University of Singapore; School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Endoscopic Submucosal… Continue Reading