Impact of Fellowship-trained Laparoscopic Surgeons On Rates
Garth H Ballantyne, MD MBA, Eric A Sommer, MD, Heidi Elliott, MD. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital INTRODUCTION: Many of the early pioneers of Laparoscopic General Surgery practiced in Community Hospitals. Although Evidence-Based Medicine demands the use of minimally invasive techniques, penetration of laparoscopic approaches to General Surgery procedures has remained poor at many community… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Interval Laparoscopic Management of Meckel\’s Diverticulitis
Vinay Singhal, MD, Vinayak Sreenivas, MD, S Sainathan, MD, Kamal Nagpal, MD PhD, Daniel Farkas, MD. Bronx Lebanon hospital centre Background Meckel's diverticulum is a rare entity. A high degree of suspicion is needed for opportune diagnosis and management. Traditionally patients diagnosed with this entity underwent laparotomy with diverticulectomy or resection of the small… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Intra-operative Small Bowel Length Measurements
Ezra Teitelbaum, MD, Khashayar Vaziri, MD, Sara Zettervall, MD, Richard L Amdur, PhD, Bruce A Orkin, MD. George Washington University Introduction: Few studies have measured small bowel length (SBL) in live humans and most surgery texts base their “normal” anatomic lengths on cadaver data. Here we present a single-surgeon series of intra-operative SBL measurements… Continue Reading
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Key Points and Surgical Outcome of Cholecystectomy Using SILS With 2mm Forceps
Hideaki Tsutsumida, MD, Mitsunobu Uto, MD, Mari Kamimura, MD, Toshiro Kamimura, MD. Kamimura Hospital Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for cholecystectomy was introduced into our hospital in February 2011, with the goal of using the conventional technique but reducing surgical time. A 2-mm diameter forceps was also used in the right flank to achieve… Continue Reading
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Laparo-endoscopic Single Site (less) Cholecystectomy With Concomitant Supracervical Hysterectomy Without General Anesthesia
Alexander S Rosemurgy, MD, Larry Glazerman, MD, Harold Paul, BS, Kenneth Luberice, BS, Edward Choung, MD, Sharona B Ross, MD. University of South Florida & Tampa General Medical Group This video is of a combined Laparo-Endoscopic Single Site (LESS) cholecystectomy, for symptomatic cholelithiasis, and supracervical hysterectomy, for menorrhagia and uterine fibroids. LESS surgery, undertaken… Continue Reading
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Laparoendoscopic Single Site Cholecystectomy Using a Novel Oval-shaped Port Device
Kazunori Shibao, MD PhD, Aiichiro Higure, MD PhD, Noritaka Minagawa, MD PhD, Koji Yamaguchi, MD PhD. Dept of Surgery I, University of Occupational and Environmental Health OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of oval-shaped port devices compared to round-shaped port devices in laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) surgery, and to report an initial clinical case series… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Excision of Large Retroperitoneal Cystic Lymphatic Malformation in a 21 Month Child.
Bethany Slater, MD, Ashwin Pimpalwar, MD. Division of Pediatric surgery, Michael E Debakey Department of surgery, Baylor college of medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. Background: Lymphatic malformations of the retroperitoneum are large diffuse malformations extending across different planes. It is difficult to excise them completely whichever approach is used. Laparoscopic approach for… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Early Gastric Cancer
Waldemar Adelsdorfer, MD, Dulce Momblan, MD, Cedric Adelsdorfer, MD, Elizabeth Pando, MD, Salvadora Delgado, MD, Raul Almenara, MD, Ainitze Ibarzabal, MD, Antonio Lacy, MD. Hospital Clinic de Barcelona Laparoscopic gastrectomy in early gastric cancerIntroductionThe incidence of early gastric cancer has increased in recent years, up to 50% in some countries, like Japan. Laparoscopic gastrectomy… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Hyperthermic Intra-peritoneal Chemotherapy (hipec) for Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Spiros P Hiotis, MD PHD, Anna G Rosenblatt, BA, Daniel M Labow, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis are sometimes eligible for treatment with surgical cytoreductive therapy and hyperthermic intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC). These procedures are often planned in patients with metastatic appendiceal carcinoma, but patients with other primary cancers are occasionally candidates… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release
Richard M Peterson, MD MPH, Stephen J Fenton, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio; Wilford Hall Medical Center Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (also known as Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome) was first described in 1963. There are very few series in the literature with most published work as case reports. The success… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release for Celiac Artery Compression
John J Tiedeken, MD, Richard Neville, MD, Fred Brody, MD MBA. The George Washington University Medical Center Celiac artery compression is secondary to compression from the fibrous arch of the median arcuate ligament. Patients may present with a variety of symptoms including nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, bloating and abdominal pain. On screening ultrasound, velocities that… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Resolution of 30 Cases of Acute Small Bowel Obstruction in an University Center
Nicolás Quezada, MD, José Salinas, MD, Alex Jones, MS, Isabella Passalacqua, MD, Paula Pino, MS, Enrique Norero, MD, Ricardo Funke, MD, Fernando Crovari, MD, Nicolás Jarufe, MD, Camilo Boza, MD. Digestive Surgery Department, Hospital Clínico P. Universidad Católica de Chile INTRODUCTIONAcute small bowel obstruction (ASBO) has been traditionally treated by laparotomy. Laparoscopy has emerged… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Retrieval of Non Excreted Capsule Endoscopy
Thuan Ho, MD, Praneetha Narahari, MD. Community regional Medical Center/UCSF Fresno MEP, Fresno, CA Capsule Endoscopy is used as an adjunct to study small bowel pathology. Non excretion of the capsule has been reported in Crohn's disease and strictures. Enteroscopy or surgical intervention is needed when the capsule is retained. I report a case… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Segmental Resection of Bleeding Neurofibroma in the Fourth Portion of Duodenum
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Stephen Kavic, MD. University of Maryland School of Medicine Introduction: Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in type 1 neurofibromatosis is rare. Neurofibromas in the GI tract can cause bleeding or obstruction and there is also a risk of malignant transformation. We present here the first reported case of laparoscopic resection of the fourth… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
LSG for gastric leiomyosarcoma in MO patient: A case for collaboration
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Ajay Jain, MD, Mark Kligman, MD. Department of General Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Objective: Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) for Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies had gained large attention recently, the plethora of information available on the internet resulted in patients expectation to have their elective cancer surgery done… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other