The Ligasure Vessel Sealing Device in 535 Consecutive Intestinal Resections
R F Sing, DO, K W Kercher, MD, T Munsell, I Belyansky, MD, V B Tsirline, MD, B T Heniford, MD. Division of GI and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Introduction: The goal of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of the Ligasure vessel sealing device as an alternative… Continue Reading
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Heated Versus Cold Insufflation for Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery Has Minimal Benefit On Patient Outcomes
Namdar Manouchehri, MD MSc, Daniel W Birch, MD FRCSC FACS, Xinzhe Shi, Ghassan Hadi, MD, Shahzeer Karmali, MD FRCSC. University of Alberta Background: Intraoperative hypothermia during both open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery may be associated with adverse events. For laparoscopic abdominal surgery, the use of heated insufflation systems for establishing pneumoperitoneum has been described to… Continue Reading
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The Use of Mini Laparoscopy in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient with Acute Cholecystitis
F A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, BS. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville, East Carolina University Introduction: The use of laparoscopy in patients requiring peritoneal dialysis is the preferred method of placement. In this case report, we highlight the use of "mini" laparoscopy in a PD patient requiring cholecystectomy. We use this approach based… Continue Reading
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Drainoscopy
Sam Atallah, MD, Teresa DeBeche-Adams, MD, Matthew Albert, MD, Sergio Larach, MD. Florida Hospital To determine the feasibility of using a standard post-operative drain as an access point for the new technique of drainoscopy. Methods and Procedures: Drainoscopy is demonstrated in the operating room on a patient who has undergone a laparoscopic, hand-assisted APR. A… Continue Reading
Retained Needles in Laparoscopic Surgery. Open Or Observe?
Kimberly A Ruscher, MD MPH, Kevin A Modeste, MBBS, Pavlos K Papasavas, MD, Darren S Tishler, MD. Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut Introduction Currently, there is no standard of care on how to manage a retained needle or small foreign body during laparoscopic surgery. There are several reports of complications associated with retained surgical foreign… Continue Reading
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Single-Port Access Surgery: The Effect of Different Ports on the Operative Technical Skills of Expert Laparoscopic Surgeons
Georgios Pafitanis, MD MSc, Sudip K Sarker, PhD DIC FRCSGlas FRCSEng FRCSGen, Shal-Jalal Sarker, PhD FRSS FPSI, Bijendra Patel, MS FRCS FRCS Gen. Bart's and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary's University of London, Department of Upper GI Surgery, Bart's and The Royal London Hospital Introduction – Objective of the study Single-Port… Continue Reading
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A Novel Liver Retractor for Upper Abdominal Laparoscopic Surgery
Hiroshi Kawahira, MD PhD, Hideki Hayashi, MD PhD, Toshiyuki Natsume, MD PhD, Takashi Akai, MD PhD, Yoshihiro Nabeya, MD PhD, Kazufumi Suzuki, MD PhD, Mikito Mori, MD PhD, Daisuke Horibe, MD PhD, Hisahiro Matsubara, MD PhD. Research Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba University (1) Objective of this studyLaparoscopic assisted gastrectomy (LAG) has been accepted… Continue Reading
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A Prospective, Single-Center Investigation of the Safety and Performance of the Endo GIA™ Reloads with Tri-Stapletm Technology and Endo Gia™ Ultra Universal Staplers in a Gastric Bypass Procedure
Samer G Mattar, MD, Frank Bendewald, MD, Sarah Dutkevitch, RN OCN, Heather Kemp, MBA CCRP. Indiana University Objective: The objectives of this clinical trial are to assess in a pilot, single center, prospective, non-randomized setting the overall performance and safety of the Endo GIA TM Reloads with Tri-StapleTM Technology & Endo GIA™ Ultra Universal Staplers… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Overhead Illumination System Induces Three-Dimensionality
Akihiro Takai, MD, Yasutsugu Takada, MD, Satoshi Teramukai, MD, Hideki Motomura. Department of Surgery, Ehime University, Japan, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan, Faculty of Ehgineering, Ehime University, Japan INTRODUCTION: Of the many mechanisms used by the visual system to recover the third dimension, the ability to exploit shading is probably the most primitive.… Continue Reading
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Implementation of a Preoperative Checklist in Laparoscopic Surgery Reduces Errors and Improves Efficiency
Cas Van 't Hullenaar, MD, Alfons Pomp, MD PhD Professor, Esther Consten, MD PhD, Gregory Dakin, MD PhD, Inne Borel Rinkes, MD PhD Professor, Ivo Broeders, MD PhD Professor. New York Presbyterian Hospital, Meander Medical Center Amersfoort, University Medical Center Utrecht Abstract Background: Laparoscopic surgery has increased the complexity of the operating room (OR) environment… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery-Innovative Traction/retraction Techniques
Gadiyaram Srikanth, MCh, Deepak Dubey, Neel Shetty. Manipal Institute of Liver and Digestive Diseases Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has opened up new frontiers in minimally invasive surgery. However, several technical challenges call for innovations to facilitate a variety of maneuvers during these procedures. We herein describe various innovations done by us to achieve… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery: What Do Patients Really Want?
Kalman Bencsath, MD, Gavin Falk, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD, R. Matthew Walsh, MD, Sricharan Chalikonda, MD. The Cleveland Clinic Introduction:Recent modifications to instruments and technique have allowed for more procedures to be performed with fewer scars, and single incision laparoscopic surgery has become a focused topic. Experimentation with single incision surgeries has been called a… Continue Reading
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Single Incision Laparoscopic Appendectomy Using Only One Trocar with a Novel Solution for Laparosocope Defogging
Jonathan D Svahn, MD FACS, Matthew R Dixon, MD. Kaiser Permanente East Bay Laparoscopic appendectomy has become the standard of care in many hospitals.LA affords the patient the well known benefits of minimally invasive surgery namelybetter cosmetic results, less pain and quicker recovery. (1) Single incision surgery is increasingly reported and has been described as… Continue Reading
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Usefulness of the Curved Hand Instrument in Single Port Surgery
Hisae Aoki, MD, Toshiyuki Mori, MD PhD, Nobutsugu Abe, MD PhD, Osamu Yanagida, MD PhD, Tadahiko Masaki, MD PhD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University, School of Medcine Background & Objective : Single port surgery has widely spread and many technical studies have been reported in the past few years, including parallel… Continue Reading
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A Randomized Comparison of Laparoscopic, Magnetically Anchored, and Flexible Endoscopic Cameras On Ex-Vivo and In-Vivo Performance and Workload for Laparoscopic and Single Incision Surgery
Nabeel A Arain, MD MBA, Erin M Webb, BS, Jeffrey Cadeddu, MD, Sara Best, MD, Richard Bergs, MS, Deborah Hogg, BS, Raul Fernandez, PhD, Thomas Roshek, MD, Victoria Chang, BBA, Daniel J Scott, MD. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, Dallas, Texas Introduction: The purpose of this study was… Continue Reading
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