Vascular Injury During Laparoscopic Left Adrenalectomy
Ankur Gupta, MD, Edward H Phillips, MD Cedars Sinai Medical Center Objective: Video case presentation of a vascular injury during laparoscopic left adrenalectomy. Background: 25 y.o. female with persistent hypertension and mildly elevated urine normetanephrine levels at 559 was found to have a 1cm left infero-medial adrenal lesion. The patient was noted to have an… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Outcomes and Quality
Validation of development and early outcomes of the Toolkit for Illustration Procedures in Surgery (TIPS)
Moshim Kukar, MD, Saleh Dindar, Jorg Peters, Juan Cendan, James Hassett, Ruth Nawotnyak, Sukitti Punak, William G Cance, MD, Sergei Kurenov Department of Surgical Oncology Roswell Park Cancer Institute, CISE University of Florida, Clinical Skills and Simulation Center University of Central Florida, Department of Surgery University at Buffalo Introduction: With increasing utilization of minimally invasive… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Validation of a Virtual Reality Based Robotic Surgical Skills Curriculum
Michael Connolly, BS, John Seligman, BA, Maurice Page, MD, Andrew Kastenmeier, MD, Matthew I Goldblatt, MD, Jon C Gould, MD Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery Background: The clinical application of robotic assisted surgery (RAS) is rapidly increasing. The daVinci Surgical System™ is currently the only commercially available RAS system,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Validation of a 3-D Surgical Navigation System for Laparoscopic Liver Ablation Procedures using a Human Cadaver Model
Chet W Hammill, MD, Maria A Cassera, Logan W Clements, PhD, Prashanth Dumpuri, PhD, James D Stefansic, PhD Liver and Pancreas Surgery Program, Providence Medical Center, Portland, OR and Pathfinder Technologies, Inc., Nashville, TN Objective The Explorer™ Minimally Invasive Liver (MIL) device is a 3-D image guidance system that is intended to be used as… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Emerging Technology
Using Social Media for Surgical Education: Distraction Or Opportunity?
Tanya M Santella, Pepa Kaneva, MSc, Andrea Petrucci, MD, Ekaterina Lebedeva, MLIS, Liane S Feldman, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Gerald M Fried, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Melina C Vassiliou, MD, MEd, FRCSC McGill University Health Centre INTRODUCTIONSocial media (SM) has drastically changed the way society communicates and accesses information. The popularity of sessions on SM at surgical… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Using Open Source Technologies to develop low cost Surgical Simulators
Shamyl B Mansoor, Zohaib Amjad, Asif Zafar, Dr National University of Sciences and Technology, Holy Family Hospital IntroductionMinimal Invasive Surgery, (MIS), is an advanced method performed by using instruments inserted through small keyhole incisions. In countries like Pakistan who have not completely adopted MIS, surgeons are trained for open surgery. In open surgery surgeons are… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Emerging Technology
Using Direct Trocar Technique in Laparoscopic Appendectomy: Our Results and Experience
Orhan Aras, MD, Hasan Altun, MD, Mehmet Okuducu, MD, Ender Onur, MD, Aziz Bora Karip, MD, Orhan Bat, MD, Hamit Kafkas Celik, MD, Kemal Memisoglu, MD Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TURKEY Purpose: Appendicitis is the most common cause of acute abdomen, and appendectomy is the most frequent surgical procedure performed in… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Use of polymer clip in single site laparoscopic appendectomy
Fernando Arias, MD, Sofia Valanci, MD, Adolfo Torres, MD, Natalia Cortes Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota There is a lot of controversy over the appendicular stump management in minimally invasive surgery. Techniques include mechanical suture, preformed knot and a polymer clip. The objective of this paper is to describe the management of the appendicular stump… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other
Use of Natural Orifice for Specimen Extraction in Laparoscopic Solid Organ Surgery
Subhasis Misra, MD, MS, Brenten Popiel, BS, Cathia Santos, BA, Sybilann Williams, MD, Christopher Stephenson, DO Cancer Treatment Centers of America OBJECTIVE: One of the limitations of laparoscopic solid organ surgeries is making a relatively big incision for specimen extraction. This is often encountered with large tumors and in cases where morcellation of the specimen… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Use of Laparoscopic approach for removal of large Gastric Trichobezoar in children.
Ashwin Pimpalwar, MD, FRCS, Pediatric, surgery Division of Pediatric Surgery, Michael E Debakey Department of Surgery, Baylor college of medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, Texas. Purpose: To report our technique of laparoscopic removal of large Trichobezoar in children. Material methods: 9 year old child presented with vomiting and intolerance to oral diet. Upper GI… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other
Use of Intraoperative Robotic Ultrasonography To Confirm Localization and Margin Clearance During Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Spleen Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy for Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm of the Pancreas
Luca Giordano, MD, FACS Aria Health. Philadelphia Robotic assisted spleen preserving distal pancreatectomy has been described.The use of intraoperative robotic ultrasonography can help in confirming the localization of the lesions and insuring margin clearance at the time of the resection.This video demonstrates the feasibility of this technique. Session: Video Channel Day 1 Program Number: V036 Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
- Topic:
- Robotics
Use of Bio a mesh as a reinforcement for abdominal wall after ostomy closure
Sushil Pandey, MD, Hadi Najafian, DO, Paravasthu Ramanujam, MD, Krishna Ramanujam, MS West Valley Colon and Rectal Surgery Center IntroductionThe incidence of wound (ventral) hernia and infection is high after Ostomy (Colostomy/Ileostomy) closure. The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the incidence of ventral hernia when ostomy is closed using GORE® BIO-A® Tissue… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Urgent Laparoscopic Repair of Acutely Symptomatic PEH is Safe and Effective
David M Parker, MD, FACS, Amrit A Rambhajan, MD, Anna R Ibele, MD, Kathleen Johanson, DO, Vladin Obradovic, MD, Jon D Gabrielsen, MD, FACS, Anthony T Petrick, MD, FACS Geisinger Medical Center Introduction: Acute incarceration of paraesophageal hernias (PEH) requiring urgent or emergent surgery is rare. Patients are often elderly with significant comorbidities and have… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Ureterocolic Fistula
Jed F Calata, MD, Gopi Tripuraneni, MD, Jasna Coralic, MD, Kunal Kochar, MD, John J Park, MD, Slawomir Marecik, MD, Leela M Prasad, MD Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery IntroductionUreterocolic fistulas secondary to diverticular disease are rare, and usually occur in patients following a long protracted history. We describe a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Upper Gastrointestinal Contrast Study in the Preoperative Evaluation for Fundoplication Procedures: Does It Make an y Difference?
Mazen R Al-Mansour, MD, Jay J Guan, BS, Kaitlyn Wong, MD, Saiqa I Khan, MD, Paul F Visintainer, PhD, Alexander Knee, MS, David B Earle, MD, FACS Baystate Medical Center INTRODUCTION: Esophageal manometry (EM) is considered by many as the gold standard preoperative tool to evaluate esophageal motility prior to fundoplication procedures. We hypothesize that… Continue Reading