Esophageal Perforation: Etiology, Outcomes and Cost Analysis Over a Decade in a Community Teaching Hospital
Tolutope Oyasiji, MD MRCS, Marko Lujic, MD MPH, Luis Suarez, MD, John Federico, MD FACS, Mario Katigbak, MD FACS. Thoracic Surgery Section, Dept. of Surgery, Hospital of Saint Raphael, New Haven, CT 06511 Introduction: The study aims to assess if any difference in etiology, outcomes and treatment costs between the first 5-year and the… Continue Reading
Prymary Colonic Type Adenocarcinoma of the Cecal Appendix: A Rare Cause of Conversion in Laparoscopic Appendectomy.
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Armando Castro, MD FACS. New York Hospital Queens Appendix tumors are unusual, accounting for 0.4% of all of the gastrointestinal tract malignancies. Approximately 66% of all appendix tumors are carcinoid tumors; mucinous cystadenocarcinoma is the most common non-carcinoid appendix tumor and accounts for about 20% of appendix cancer cases, colonic-type… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Treatment of Bleeding Duodenal Ulcer
Kamran Samakar, MD, Jose Tschen, MD, J Andres Astudillo, MD, Jason Wallen, MD, Carlos Garberoglio, MD. Loma Linda University Medical Center Introduction: A 72 year old male presented to our tertiary care facility with a one day history of hematemesis and coffee-ground stools. The patient underwent initial resuscitation efforts, blood transfusion, and upper endoscopy.… Continue Reading
The Characteristics of Our Procedures in Anti-reflux Surgery for GERD Patients
Tatsushi Suwa, MD PhD, Kazuhiro Karikomi, MD, Naoki Asakage, MD PhD, Eishi Totsuka, MD PhD, Naokazu Nakamura, MD PhD, Keigo Okada, MD, Tomonori Matsumura, MD. Kashiwa Kousei General Hospital IntroductionAnti-reflux surgery is not as popular as medication. One of the reasons might be that laparoscopic techniques in the procedure are considered complicated by many… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Repair for Large Hiatal Hernia Using Composite Mesh and Temporary Attachment Technique
Tatsushi Suwa, MD PhD, Kazuhiro Karikomi, MD, Naoki Asakage, MD PhD, Eishi Totsuka, MD PhD, Naokazu Nakamura, MD PhD, Keigo Okada, MD, Tomonori Matsumura, MD. Kashiwa Kousei General Hospital IntroductionRecently elderly people has become majority and hiatal hernia also has become one of common diseases in many countries. Surgical treatment for the disease is… Continue Reading
Retrogastric Hernia: An Unusual Cause of Intestinal Obstruction.
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Litong Du, MD FACS. NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS Internal herniation is an unusal cause of intestinal obstruction. Herniation of the intestine may be through a normal anatomical apertura or an abnormal structure.The incidence of internal hernia trough the lesser sac is very unusual, there are few reports on the literature. We… Continue Reading
Comparison Study of Gastric Emptying After Performing Sleeve Gastrectomy With Two Diffierent Techniques
Saed A Jaber, MD, Basma M Fallatah, MD, Abdel- Aziz Shehry, MD, Mahmoud Abdelmoeti, MD. King Fahd Medical Military complex BACKGROUND: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG) has been became a primary surgical treatment for obesity. This operation could be associated with motor gastric dysfunction and abnormal gastric emptying. The purpose of this prospective study is to… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Pylorus-preserving Gastrectomy With Intracorporeal Delta-shaped Anastomosis
Shinya Tanimura, PhD, Naoki Hiki, PhD, Soya Nunobe, PhD, Sayuri Sekikawa, Dr, Takehiro Chiba, Dr, Toshiyuki Kosuga, Dr, Takafumi Sato, Dr, Yoshikazu Hashimoto, Dr, Yohei Watanabe, Dr, Koshi Kumagai, Dr, Susumu Aiko, Dr, Takeshi Kubota, PhD, Takeshi Sano, PhD, Toshiharu Yamaguchi, PhD. Cancer Institute Hospital, Japan Foundation for Cancer Research (Aim) Recently, pylorus-preserving gastrectomy… Continue Reading
A Case of Laparoscopic Bypass Between the Residual Stomach and Jejunum Bypass for Anastomotic Recurrence After Open Distal Gasterctomy
Yuichiro Tanishima, MD PhD, Norio Mitsumori, MD PhD, Masami Yuda, MD, Seryong Yamamoto, MD, Hiroaki Aoki, MD PhD, Toshiyuki Sasaki, MD, Katsunori Nishikawa, MD PhD, Nobuo Omura, MD PhD, Yoshio Ishibashi, MD PhD, Koji Nakada, MD PhD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD PhD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Jikei University School of Medicine A… Continue Reading
Modern Management of Esophageal Diverticula
Armando Rosales-velderrain, MD, Steven P Bowers, MD, Ross F Goldberg, MD, Tatyan M Clarke, MD, Lauren M Olsen, Mauricia A Buchanan, RN, John A Stauffer, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD, C D Smith, MD. Mayo Clinic in Florida Introduction: Esophageal diverticula are rare, with the largest series in the literature including less than 25… Continue Reading
Non-operative Management of Delayed Esophagojejunostomy Anastomotic Leak With Endoscopically Placed Stent
Richard Y Greco, DO, Dennis Bordan, MD FACS, Sohail Shaikh, MD, Erwin Douyon, MD. St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center Introduction: Gastric ischemia secondary to volvulus is an uncommon entity that is a life-threatening surgical emergency and carries a high morbidity and mortality rate. It typically involves a hiatal hernia. The repair consists of operative… Continue Reading
Complete Laparoscopic R-y Recostruction With Hunt-laurence Pouch in Total Gastrectomy
Koji Hattori, MDPhD, Kazunao Watanabe, MD, Hidemitsu Ogino, MD, Rai Shimoyama, MD, Jun Kawachi, MD, Hiromitsu Takeyama, MDPhD. Shonan Kamakura General Hospital ObjectivesSince 2004, after open total gastrectomy(OTG), we have included a Hunt-Lawrence pouch formation in Roux en Y reconstruction protocol (PRY), in order to increase the amount of meal to be taken once.… Continue Reading
Transumbilical Single-Access Laparoscopic Perforated Gastric Ulcer Repair
Giovanni Dapri, MD FACS FASMBS, Haicam El Mourad, MD, Luisa Marsili, MD, Jacques Himpens, MD, Guy Bernard Cadière, MD PhD. European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium Background: Single-access laparoscopy (SAL) can be proposed in patients presenting peritonitis both for diagnosis and treatment. This video shows a transumbilical SAL performed for… Continue Reading
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Comparison of Open and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy With Lymph Node Dissection for Gastric Cancer
Bac Nguyen Hoang, Prof PhD, Long Vo Duy, Ms, Long Tran Cong Duy, Ms, Thuan Nguyen Duc, MD. University Medical Center, Hochiminh city, Vietnam Background: Laparoscopic gastrectomy with lymph node dissection for gastric cancer has been performed in Vietnam as a technique that may offer benefits for patients. However, many controversies exist due to… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Gastric Wedge Resection With Prophylactic Fundoplication for Submucosal Tumor at Gastroesophageal Junction
Jin-jo Kim, MD, Jung-sun Lee, MD. Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea Objective: Laparoscopic gastric wedge resection (LGWR) for a gastric submucosal tumor (SMT) which involved gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is technically challenging because of difficulty in reconstruction of GEJ after resection and resultant damaged function of lower esophageal sphincter (LES). We… Continue Reading