Artificial Pneumothorax During Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Yosuke Izumi, MD PhD, Tairo Ryotokuji, MD, Akinori Miura, MD, Tsuyoshi Kato, Hiroshi Sato, MD, Kohei Kimura, MD. Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital Background: Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) for esophageal cancer is increasingly being used with increasing skills and experience and advances of endoscopic technology such as high-resolution endoscopic system. The… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Systematic Liver Resections: From Hybrid to Pure
Go Wakabayashi, MD PhD, Hiroyuki Nitta, MD PhD, Akira Sasaki, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Iwate Medical University School of Medicine Background: Recent developments in liver surgery include the introduction of laparoscopic liver resection. Systematic liver resection appears to be superior to non-anatomical liver resection in operative and oncological results. World review of 2,804 laparoscopic… Continue Reading
New Technology for Colorectal Surveys
Nathalie Mantilla, MD, Ariane Abcarian, MD, Jose Cintron, MD, Marc Singer, MD, Herand Abcarian, MD. University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Northshore Medical Group, Highland Park, IL. PURPOSESelf-administered patient questionnaires are available in colorectal surgery, and can provide useful information for better classification and understanding of patients’ conditions and can be helpful with clinical… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Assessment and Histology of Human Acellular Dermis (strattice®) in Pd Patients with Abdominal Wall Hernias
Brian P Rose, ScB, Florias A Morfesis, MD. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville Introduction: In rare instances, we are able to re-operate on patients laparoscopically who have had previous hernia repair surgery with mesh. In this single case report, we highlight a patient who underwent incisional hernia repair with Strattice biologic and then 13… Continue Reading
A Comparative Study of Robotic Versus Conventional Open Modified Radical Neck Dissection for the Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lateral Neck Node Metastasis
Sang-Wook Kang, MD, So Hee Lee, MD, Haeng Rang Ryu, MD, Woong Youn Chung, MD. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Purpose: Since the introduction of endoscopic technique to thyroid surgery, several endoscopic lateral neck dissection trials have been conducted with the aim of avoiding a long cervical scar, and the recent introduction… Continue Reading
A Comparative Study for the Surgical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Adrenalectomies (Transperitoneal Approach vs. Posterior Retroperitoneal Approach) for Small Adrenal Tumors
Sang-Wook Kang, MD, Jong Ju Jeong, MD, Woong Youn Chung, MD. Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Backgrounds: With the development of endoscopic instruments and minimally invasive techniques, the laparoscopic adrenalectomy has been the gold standards for the surgical treatment of small adrenal tumors. Several approaching routes for laparoscopic adrenalectomy such as transperitoneal… Continue Reading
Establishment of Local Immunotherapy and Stem Cell Regeneration Therapy for Intra Abdominal Solid Tumor By Multi Piercing Surgery (Needlescopic Surgery with NOTES): Possibility of Ultra-Minimally Invasive Surgery By Needle-Type Robots
Takeshi Ohdaira, MD, Norifumi Tsutsumi, MD, Megumu Mori, MD, Kyo Jo, MD, Makoto Hashizume, MD. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital Objectives: A number of minimally invasive therapeutic procedures by single port surgery (SPS) have been proposed. However, there exist the following issues: 1) the flaw that the triangular formation for… Continue Reading
A Newly Developed, Intraluminal, Safely-Sealed, Air Supply Unit-Detachable Balloon Unit to Rapidly Wash the Transcolorectal Route for NOTES
HAO XU, MD, Takeshi Ohdaira, MD, Norifumi Tsutsumi, MD, Megumu Mori, MD, Munenori Uemura, Ph D, Makoto Hashizume, MD. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital Aim: In NOTES for the upper gastrointestinal tract, the colorectal route has a great advantage because the endoscope and the target organ are found on the… Continue Reading
The Early Findings of the Use of Thromboelastometry in the Assessment of Coagulation in Acute Pancreatitis
S A Welchman, MBBS BSc MRCS, A Wilkins, MBBS MRCS, M J Wilson, MBBS, J George, A J Copplestone, MBBS MRCP MD, M J Midwinter, MBBS MD. Derriford Hospital, Plymouth Aims: Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a common condition. Local complications are associated with the development of pancreatic necrosis. It has been postulated that necrosis is… Continue Reading
A Two-Step Technique to Manage the Secondary Splenic Pedicles Using Ligasure in Laparoscopic Splenectomy: A Single Institution Experience of 105 Cases
Guang Y Wang, PhD, Bai Ji, MD. the First Hospital of Norman Bethune Medical College, Jilin University Background Bleeding is the main complication and cause of conversion to open surgery during laparoscopic splenectomy(LS). Today the main splenic pedicle is worldwild controlled by the endoscopic vascular linear staplers(ENDO-GIA). There are many disadvantages of this approach, such… Continue Reading
Natural Orifice Surgery: Endoluminal Pouch Reduction Following Failed Vertical Banded Gastroplasty
Namdar Manouchehri, Daniel W Birch, Carlos Menezes, Xinzhe Shi, Shahzeer Karmali. University of Alberta, Centre for the Advancement of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Royal Alexandra Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Objectives: To demonstrate the effect of using StomaphyX on patients following failure of vertical banded gastroplasty (VBG). Background: Patients may develop pouch complications such as dilation and… Continue Reading
Collagen to Elastin Ratio in Functionally Discreet Human Cadaver Vascualture Predicts Burst Pressure of Arteries Sealed with a Bi-Polar Sealing Device
Kimberly Martin, BS, Cassandra Latimer, MS, Jaime Kean, Phd. Covidien Energy Based Devices IntroductionThe LigaSureTM technology utilizes a combination of heat generated via bi-polar radiofrequency energy and precise jaw pressure to denature the collagen and elastin in blood vessels and tissue. These proteins, along with other constituents in the vessel or tissue, re-anneal under precise… Continue Reading
Dundee Pulsatile Flow System – Progress Towards a Gold-Standard Cadaver Model for Research and Training
Rachel J Toomey, PhD, Erwin Immel, MSc, Mariana Gueorguieva, PhD, Graeme A McLeod, MD, Graeme Houston, MD, Roos Eisma, PhD, Andreas Melzer, MD DDS. Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK; Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK; Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK Objective: Medical research, device development and… Continue Reading
Single Incision Laparoscopic Liver Resection in Porcine Model
Toshio Katagiri, MD, Takayuki Dotai, MD, Anibal Rondan, MD, Sheetal Nijhawan, MD, Saniea Majid, MD, Michael Sedrak, MD, Bryan Sandler, MD, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD, Mark A Talamini, MD. University of California San Diego Introduction: Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) is a rapidly evolving field. It is an important bridge between laparoscopic… Continue Reading
Asynchronous Clinician to Clinician Secure Web-Based Collaboration: A Virtual Tumor Board Platform
Pierre R Theodore, MD, Rob Wynden, BS, Patrick Phelan, MS, Ida Sim, MD PhD. The University of California San Francisco Introduction: Expenditures in the United States on health care have reached and estimated $2.5 trillion and cost control measures have become major features of the current health care reform debate in this country. An approach… Continue Reading