The Linx Reflux Management System Confirmed Safety and Efficacy Now at Four Years.
J Lipham, MD, R Ganz, MD, Tr Demeester, MD, D Dunn, MD, W Bemelman, MD, G Saino, MD, D Bona, MD, P Fockens, MD, L Bonavina, MD. University Of Southern California, Abbott Northerwestern Hospital, Policlinico San Donato Milan Italy, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam Introduction: The LINX device is intended for chronic reflux patients who… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
The Efficacy of Fluorescent Cholangiography Using the Spy Scope™ System, a Randomized Control Trial
Danny A Sherwinter, MD. Maimonides Medical Center BACKGROUND: Intraoperative cholangiogram (IOC) has been shown to be helpful in delineating biliary anatomy and may prevent main duct injury during laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Despite these benefits, the need for ionizing radiation and injection of contrast directly into the biliary system has prevented IOC from becoming routine. Fluorescent cholangiography… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
The Effects of Viewing Axis On Laparoscopic Performance: A Comparison of Non-expert and Expert Laparoscopic Surgeons.
Rebecca J Rhee, MD, Gladys Fernandez, MD, Ron Bush, BS, Neal E Seymour, MD. Baystate Medical Center-Western Campus Tufts University School of Medicine Introduction: While the ideal relationship of telescope viewing axis and instrument working axis in laparoscopic surgery is co-axial, it is often necessary to deviate the view of the surgical field from… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
The Effect of Prophylactic Transpapillary Pancreatic Stent Insertion On the Clinically Significant Leak Rate Following Distal Pancreatectomy: Results of a Prospective Controlled Clinical Trial
Farshad Frozanpor, PhD, L Lundell, PhD, R Segersvärd, PhD, U Arnelo, PhD. Department of Clinical Science and Education and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology Background: PF causes major morbidity after DP. Transpapillary pancreatic stenting has been suggested to be beneficial in treating established PF and also prophylactically, to reduce the risk of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
The Benefits of Diagnostic Laparoscopy in the Evaluation of Abdominal Trauma
Jay N Collins, MD, Rebecca C Britt, MD, Leonard J Weireter, MD, L D Britt, MD MPH. Eastern Virginia Medical School INTRODUCTION: To evaluate the safety and efficacy of diagnostic laparoscopy (DL) against non-therapeutic laparotomy (NTL) in the setting of acute abdominal or thoracoabdominal trauma. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of adult trauma patients older… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Surgical Treatment Options for Rectal Carcinoid Cancer: Trans-Anal Excision Versus Low Anterior Total Mesorectal Excision
Yz Wang, MD, A E Diebold, BS, J P Boudreaux, MD, D Raines, MD, R Campeau, MD, L Anthony, MD, E A Woltering, MD. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Background: The biological behavior of rectal carcinoids has not been fully studied and appreciated due to the rarity of the disease and thus, the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Surgical Outcomes and Operative Risk of Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Carcinoma: Results From a Large Single Center Cohort
Oh Jeong, MD, Young Kyu Park, MD PhD, Mi Ran Jeong, MD, Kwang Yong Kim, MD. Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, South Korea Background: Compared to the widespread use of laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) for early gastric cancer, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) still remains as a challenging procedure, because of its… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Surgical Management of Duodenal Perforations After Ercp: the Crucial Role of a Retroperitoneal Approach.
Sergio Alfieri, MD, Fausto Rosa, MD, Caterina Cina, MD, Antonio P Tortorelli, MD, Vincenzo Perri, MD, Guido Costamagna, MD, Giovanni B Doglietto, MD. Department of Digestive Surgery, Catholic University, "A. Gemelli” Hospital ABSTRACT IntroductionEndoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP) combined with endoscopic sphincterotomy (ES) has become a common procedure worldwide in the era of minimally invasive… Continue Reading
Surgeons Don’t Know What They Don’t Know About the Safe Use of Energy in Surgery
Liane S Feldman, MD, Pascal Fuchshuber, MD PhD, Daniel B Jones, MS MD, Jessica Mischna, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Fuse Task Force . McGill University, The Permanente Medical Group,Harvard Medical School, SAGES, Cambridge Heath Alliance Introduction: Surgeons have not been required to train on the energy-based devices they use in the operating room or… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Summary of Living Donor Retroperitoneoscopic Nephrectomy in Kidney Transplantation at a Single Institution
Naotake Akutsu, MD, Michihiro Maruyama, MD, Chikara Iwashita, MD, Kazunori Otsuki, MD, Taihei Ito, MD, Ikuko Matsumoto, MD, Takehide Asano, MD, Takashi Kenmochi, MD. Department of Surgery, Chiba-East National Hospital [INTRODUCTION] It is seriously important for living donations to make safer and to reduce operating stress. Endoscopic surgery is thought to be a useful… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Standardization of Hybrid-vans (tori Method) for Thyroid Differentiated Cancer Including Invasion to the Trachea
Masayuki Tori, MD, Hiroki Akamatsu, MD, Takeshi Omori, MD, Katsuhide Yoshidome, MD, Toshirou Nishida, MD. Endocrine Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital Background and Aim: Video-assisted neck surgery (VANS) has not been established, because it cannot be applied to invasive cases and to radical lymph nodes dissection which needs enough view and lift-up of the trachea.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Sphincter Sparing Surgery for the Distal 3 Cm of the True Rectum: Results After Neoadjuvant Therapy and Minimally Invasive Radical Surgery Or Local Excision
George J Nassif, DO, Henry Schoonyoung, MD, Sara Berman, BS, Al Denittis, MD, Erik Zeger, MD, Mo Mohiuddin, MD, Gerald Marks, MD, John H Marks, MD. Lankenau Medical Center Introduction: The characteristics for ideal treatment of rectal cancer include controlling the cancer, minimal morbidity and mortality, minimal trauma to the patient, and avoidance of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Single Incision Cholecystectomy Utilizing Spider Surgical System: Case Series of 40 Patients
Shyam L Dahiya, MD. Tri-City Regional Medical Center, Hawaiian Gardens, CA Introduction: Single incision laparoscopic surgery has garnered wide interest in a number of specialties. A common limitation cited for many single incision methods is the lack of instrument triangulation and the need to cross instruments. The SPIDER® Surgical System (TransEnterix, Durham, NC) is… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Technology Assessment
Simultaneous Laparoscopy-Assisted Resection for Synchronous Gastric and Colorectal Cancer
Byung-kwon Ahn, Seung-hyun Lee, Joong-jae Yoo, Sung-uhn Baek, Ki-young Yoon. Department of Surgery, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea Purpose: Colorectal and gastric cancers are sometimes diagnosed as a synchronous carcinoma. Simultaneous surgical resection with lymphadenectomy is indicated for both cancers, if there is no other distant metastasis and curative resection is… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Colorectal
SILS Incisional Hernia Study
Harvey C Rainville, MD, Diego Camacho, MD, Jenny Choi, MD, Emmanuel Agaba, MD, Pratibha Vemulapali, MD. Montefiore Medical Center IntroductionOver the past several years single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has become increasingly popular. SILS includes incorporation of multiple abdominal trocars into one fascial defect, often at the umbilicus. The potential for incisional hernias after… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias