Pure Transvaginal Laparoscopic Appendectomy
Kurt E Roberts, MD, Dan-Arin Silasi, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Andrew J Diffy, MD. Yale School of Medicine This video presentation is from a 37 yo female who underwent a pure transvaginal laparoscopic appendectomy. This is one out of 14 successfully performed pure transvaginal appendectomies at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Appropriate Institutional Review Board was… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Single Incision Laparoscopic Rectosigmoid Resection and Rectopexy for Rectal Prolapse
Noelle L Bertelson, MD, Alexandre Bouchard, MD, Tonia Young-Fadok, MD MS. Mayo Clinic Arizona Introduction: Laparoscopic rectosigmoid resection with rectopexy has become our procedure of choice for rectal prolapse as it minimizes the morbidity of an abdominal procedure for a benign problem. The conventional laparoscopic approach requires an extraction site as well as 3 additional… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Subtotal Colectomy with Transrectal Extraction of the Whole Colon and Ileorectal Anastomosis
Mark A Dobbertien, DO FACS, Ziad T Awad, MD FRCSI FACS, Michael Nussbaum, MD FACS, Sunil Sharma, MD. University of Florida College of Medicine at Jacksonville, Department of Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery Division The video presented is of a 22 year old female with multiple sclerosis and colonic inertia and biliary dyskinesia who underwent a… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Repair of a Chronic Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia
Etienne Auger-Dufour, MD, Gerald Fried, MD, Liane Feldman, MD, Lorenzo Ferri, MD PhD. Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center Case presentationThis video demonstrates the laparoscopic repair of a chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a 44 year-old female patient. She had a motor vehicle crash fifteen years ago. She is now presenting with abdominal pain… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Resection of an Esophageal Duplication Cyst
Ross F Goldberg, MD, Michael Parker, MD, John A Stauffer, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD FACS, C. Daniel Smith, MD FACS, Steven P Bowers, MD FACS. Mayo Clinic - Florida Esophageal duplication cysts are rare congenital lesions. There have been a small number of reported cases of these lesions being treated in the adult population… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Foregut
Single Incision Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass Using Eea Technique
Sunil K Sharma, MD, Ziad T Awad, MD, Bestoon Ahmad, MD, T. Shane Hester. University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL Introduction: Laparoscopic Roux en Y Gastric Bypass is one of the most commonly performed weight loss surgery in United States. This complex reconstructive surgery requires high level of expertise with little room for error. Single Incision… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
An Innovative Technique for Circular Stapler Insertion and Wound Protection During Gastrojejunostomy
Alian Garay, MD, Danny V Martinec, BS, Valerie J Halpin, MD. Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital, Portland, OR Our innovative method for inserting the circular stapler to create the gastrojejunal (GJ) anastamosis in laparoscopic roux-en-Y gastric bypass saves time and prevents wound infections. This technique requires the use of a specially designed tapered prosthetic at the… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic-Assisted Percutaneous Transgastric ERCP After Gastric Bypass
Catherine L McKnight, MD, Navid Madani, MD, William S Cobb, MD, Alfredo M Carbonell, DO. Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Our patient is a 61 year old gentleman with a history of roux-en-Y gastric bypass four years prior to presentation. One year after his bypass, he underwent an emergent laparoscopic converted to open subtotal… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Revision of Esophagomyotomy
Michael Edye, MD FACS, Ramin Roohipour, MD, Leon Kushnir, MD, Barry Jaffin, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y. Esophagomyotomy remains the most effective long-term solution for achalasia and results in symptomatic relief in more than 90% of patients. Failure rates have been quoted as high as 17% necessitating further endoscopic interventions such… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Foregut
Laparoscopic Reduction of Paraduodenal Hernia in Adults
A Bernshteyn, I Fendrich, M Gianos, S Szomstein, R J Rosenthal. Cleveland Clinic Florida Background: Paraduodenal hernias in adults are rare. We present a case that underwent reduction via laparoscopy.Methods: A 39 year old male with new onset of severe abdominal pain presented to the ER with clinical signs and symptoms of bowel obstruction. The… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
New Method of Mobilization of Omentum and Splenic Flexure in Laparoscopic Sigmoidectomy: with the Transenterix Spider
Junjun Ma, MD, Parul J Shukla, MD FRCS, Raghava S Pavoor, MD, Yuko Tonohira, Jeffrey W Milsom, MD FACS. Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, New York Presbyterian Hospital & Weill Cornell Medical College Introduction Mobilization of omentum and splenic flexure during laparoscopic sigmoidectomy remains a technically challenging step. TransEnterix SPIDER device is a new… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Revision of Long-Limb Loop Gastric Bypass
Eugenius J Harvey, MD, Kervin Arroyo, MD, Daniel M Herron, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine In this video we present the laparoscopic revision of a distal loop gastric bypass to a standard short limb Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, for treatment of malnutrition and chronic abdominal pain. The patient is a 47-year-old man with a previous… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Repair of Malrotation in the Elderly
RAGHAVA S PAVOOR, MD, FENG BO, PhD, JEFFREY W MILSOM, MD FACS. WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE/NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL Introduction Midgut malrotation is an anomaly of fetal intestinal rotation that is usually diagnosed in childhood. Methods We present a case of a 66 year old female with a history of chronic constipation and laxative abuse… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Gastrotomy and Wedge Resection Into Stomach Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
F Soto, A Abdemur, I Fendrich, S Szomstein, R J Rosenthal. Cleveland Clinic Florida Introduction: We report the case of a patient with new onset of severe gastrointestinal bleeding from intragastric metastasis of a renal cell carcinoma. Case presentation and Methods: This is an 80-year-old male diagnosed with metastatic renal carcinoma in July 2009. He… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Conversion of a Previously Reversed Roux En Y Gastric Bypass to a Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity and Pseudotumor Cerebri
Soto Flavia, Elias Chousleb, Omar Bellorin, Ismael Court, Abraham Abdemur, Samuel Szomstein. Cleveland Clinic Florida IntroductionReversing weight loss operations, usually leads to recurrence of obesity and associated co-morbidities. Reoperative choices for recurring obesity are few and complex to be performed via laparoscopy. Case presentation and methods: We present the case of a 43 y/o female… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity