Tep with No Balloon, No Staples and with Thinner Instruments. Initial 50 Cases Experience
Marcelo Loureiro, Eduardo Bonin, Claus Christiano. Jacques Perissat Institut Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernias is one of the best methods available to treat this so common disease. TEP is also probably the best laparoscopic option. Today there is a growing concern about chronic pain after hernia repairs as well as surgical costs. The authors present… Continue Reading
SurgTrak: Affordable motion tracking & video capture for the da Vinci surgical robot
Lee W White, BSE, Timothy Kowalewski, PhC, Blake Hannaford, PhD, Thomas S Lendvay, MD FACS. University of Washington, Seattle Childrens Hospital OBJECTIVE Robotic surgery offers the potential to provide high resolution video and instrument movement data which capture the (technical) non-cognitive aspects of surgery. These data are critical in objectively assessing surgical skill performance and… Continue Reading
Suction On the Wrong End of the Instrument? It Does Work!
Pradeep Subramanian, MS. Christian Medical College Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Suction at the wrong end of the instrument? It does work! Pradeep Subramanian MS, Surgical Tutor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, CMCH, Vellore, India The Field of Laparoscopic Surgery has advanced beginning from its cautious application on basic procedures using limited technology to bold new interventions… Continue Reading
Strategizing for Pre-Operative Pelvic Adiposity Reduction in Patients Preparing for Resection of Rectal Cancer
E R Garwood, MD, K Kolli, MD, A S Kumar, MD MPH. Washington Hospital Center, George Washington University OBJECTIVE: The burden of visceral adipose tissue as opposed to subcutaneous adiposity is an independent risk factor for poor outcomes in oncologic resection for multiple cancer subtypes (hepatocellular carcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, pancreatic, colorectal, and gastric cancer).… Continue Reading
Single Incision Total Extra-Peritoneal Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair Using a New Device: A Case Report
David S Lee, MD, Tomasz Rogula, MD PhD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Bariatric Metabolic Institute Background: Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair continues to gain acceptance and has become the preferred approach for bilateral and some recurrent inguinal hernias. Further advances in technology and instrumentation have allowed surgeons to now perform these operations through a single incision. We… 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
Single-Incision Laparoscopic Choleystectomy (SIL-C) Using a Novel Technique for Retraction of the Gallbladder: Evaluation of the Initial Experience
Carlos A Galvani, MD, Rakesh Hegde, MD, Angela Echeverria, MD, Tim Rankin, MD, Behrooz Dehdashti, PhD. Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Arizona, Department of Surgery Objectives: SIL-C is evolving as an improved technique and an alternative to NOTES. The impossibility to use assistants impairs the the adequate retraction of gallbladder fundus. We have… Continue Reading
Reconstruction of Human Anatomy Using 3-Dimensional Printing: Aorta and Liver Models
Rahul Gupta, MBBS MS DNB, Robert A Andrews, MD, Theodore Korelitz, Crispin Weinberg, PHD, Kung Justin, MD, Scott Johnson, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD MS FACS. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ObjectiveTo create clinically relevant 3 dimensional models from CT Scans. MethodsWith IRB exemption, our group acquired various de-identified images of interesting anatomic pathology in… Continue Reading
Pure NOTES: Transvaginal Tubal Sterilization with a Flexible Endoscope
Jose G Mejias, MD, Pierina B Rosales, MD, Hector Almau, MD, Rafael De La Fuente, MD, Naydeli Garcia, MD, Carlos Bravo, MD. Clinica Briceno Rossi PURE NOTES: TRANSVAGINAL TUBAL STERILIZATION WITH FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE José Mejías, Pierina Rosales, Hector Almau, Rafael de la Fuente, Naydeli García, Carlos Bravo. Caracas, Venezuela OBJECTIVES: Tubal sterilization is a permanent… Continue Reading
Pulleys Do Pull in Laparoscopic Surgery
Pradeep Subramanian, MS. Christian Medical College Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India Pulleys do pull in Laparoscopic Surgery Pradeep Subramanian MS, Surgical Tutor, Department of Colorectal Surgery, CMCH, Vellore, India The Field of Laparoscopic Surgery has advanced beginning from its cautious application on basic procedures using limited technology to bold new interventions and technological innovations which has… Continue Reading
Preport Method for Evacuation in a Single-Incision Laparoscopic Surgery-Insufflation and Evacuation By a Single Port
Yusuke Watanabe, MD, Minoru Ishida, Syuji Kitashiro, PhD, Yo Kawarada, PhD, Syunichi Okushiba, PhD, Toshiaki Shichinohe, PhD, Hiroyuki Kato, PhD. KKR Tonan Hospital Objective:Smoke and mist evacuation in laparoscopic sugery improves the quality and safety of the procedure. However, it might be difficult to evacuate smoke and mist by energy devices and secure the route… Continue Reading
Positioning of Focused Ultrasound Transducer Using Mr Compatible Robotic Arm
Xu Xiao, Mr, Mengnan Li, Mr, Andreas Melzer, Prof. Institute for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK Objective of the technology or device: In resent years Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has established itself as a leading imaging modality, boosting the development of MR guided interventional techniques and devices. MR guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery… Continue Reading
Peritoneal Contamination Uncommon During Transvaginal Cholecystectomy
Pratibh Vemulapalli, MD, Harvey C Rainville, MD, Emanuel Agaba, MD, Diego Camacho, MD, Scott Chudnoff, MD. Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine Background: The transvaginal laparoscopic approach to performing abdominal surgery requires the placement of a port in the vaginal canal. There is concern about intraabdominal contamination of the peritoneal cavity with… Continue Reading
Outcomes for Case-Matched Single Port Colectomy Are Comparable with Conventional Laparoscopic Colectomy
Albert M Wolthuis, MD, Steffen Fieuws, PhD, Freddy Penninckx, MD PhD, André D'Hoore, MD PhD. Department of Abdominal Surgery, Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium BackgroundWith the introduction of single port surgery, the presumed advantages were improved cosmesis, decrease of pain and shorter length of stay. The aim of… Continue Reading
Operational Skill Assessment for Robotic Surgery Training
Rajesh Kumar, PhD, Amod Jog, Balasz Vagvolgyi, Thomas Tantillo, Chi Chiung Grace Chen, MD, Hiep Nguyen, MD, Greg Hager, PhD, David Yuh, MD. Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Children's Hospital, Boston Robotic surgery training methods are still in development, with increased recent interest with the introduction of simulators for training. However, published research in… Continue Reading