Alcohol Metabolism Is Not Affected After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A New Finding
Martin A Berducci, MD, Sheetal Nijhawan, MD, Diego F Nino, Alberto S Gallo, MD, Eric Cramer, MS, Cristina R Harnsberger, MD, Ryan C Broderick, MD, Bryan J Sandler, MD, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of California, San Diego. INTRODUCTION: It has been published that gastric bypass surgery… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
An Analysis of Factors Affecting the Surgical Approach and Timing of Bilateral Adrenalectomy
Billy Y Lan, Eren Taskin, MD, Erol Aksoy, MD, Onur Birsun, MD, Jaime Mitchell, MD, Allan Siperstein, Eren Berber, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Background: The optimal management of patients requiring bilateral adrenalectomy in regards to the surgical technique and timing of surgery has not been clearly defined. The aim of this study is to analyze… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Application of Fluorescence in Robotic General Surgery: Our Experience
Giuseppe Spinoglio, MD, Fabio Priora, PhD, Alessandra Marano, MD, Giampaolo Formisano, MD, Andrea Pappalardo, MD, Francesca Pagliardi, MD. Department of General and Oncologic Surgery, SS Antonio e Biagio Hospital, Alessandria, Italy. Introduction Indocyanine green (ICG) is a vital dye with the distinctive feature of being fluorescent if properly excited and it is therefore currently used… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Artificial Hand for Minimally Invasive Surgery: Design and Testing of Initial Prototype
Jennifer Rosen, MD, Aaron Size, Yuzhang Yang, Andre Sharon, PhD, Alexis F Sauer-Budge, PhD. Boston University School of Medicine, Fraunhofer USA - CMI. INTRODUCTION: Compared with traditional open surgery, minimally invasive surgery may improve recovery and patient satisfaction while maintaining surgical principles. Laparoscopic, single incision, natural orifice and robotic approaches each hold their own appeal.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Assessment and Reduction of Diaphragmatic Tension During Hiatal Hernia Repair
Brian E Louie, MD, Daniel Davila Bradley, MD, Peter Baik, MD, Alexander S Farivar, MD, Ralph W Aye, MD. Swedish Cancer Institute and Medical Center. Background: During hiatal hernia repair both axial tension along the esophagus and radial tension on the diaphragmatic hiatus need to be reduced in order to effect a successful repair and… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Bariatric Postoperative Fistula: A Life-saving Endoscopic Procedure
Giorgio Baretta, PhD, Joao Henrique Lima, PhD, Josemberg Campos, PhD, Manoel Galvao Neto, MSc. Vita Batel Hospital - Department of Bariatric Advanced Endoscopy. Background: Fistula after batiatric surgery occurs in 0,8% to 7% with high incidence of mortality, reoperations and long hospital stay. Some reasons are well-described such as distal obstruction: stenosis of the anastomosis,… Continue Reading
Bile Duct Injury Prevention Requires a New National Training Paradigm Despite Successful Deployment of FLS
Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD, Daniel J Scott, MD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Sophia K McKinley, BA, EdM, Johanna Castrillion, MD, Tina Hunter, PhD, L. Michael Brunt, MD. Harvard Medical School, UT Southwestern School of Medicine, S2 Statistical Solutions, Washington University School of Medicine. Bile duct injury (BDI) remains the dreaded complication of laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC)… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Camera Navigation and Cannulation: Validity Evidence for 2 New Tasks
Y Watanabe, MD, E Bilgic, E M Ritter, MD, S Schwaitzberg, MD, P A Kaneva, MSc, K I Hoffman, PhD, J R Korndorffer, MD, D J Scott, MD, A Okrainec, MD, M T Odonnell, MD, L S Feldman, MD, G M Fried, MD, M C Vassiliou, MD. McGill University Health Centre, Tulane University, Uniformed Services… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Cardiovascular Risk in Obese and Diabetic Patients Is Significantly Reduced One Year After Gastric Bypass Compared to a One Year of Diabetes Support and Education
Alessandro Mor, MD, Philip Omotosho, MD, Alfonso Torquati, MD. Department of Surgery, Duke University. INTRODUCTION - Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) has been proven effective in reducing most of the obesity-related comorbidities that concur to increase the cardiovascular risk in obesity. The Framingham Risk Score (FRS) is designed to be independent of weight and estimates the… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Changes in Bone Metabolism After Gastric Bypass
Lawrence E Tabone, MD, Alexander Mor, MD, Anna Spagnoli, MD, Khoo Chin Meng, MD, Mike Muehlbauer, PhD, Alfonso Torquati, MD, MSCI. Duke University, University of North Carolina, National University of Health Systems Singapore. INTRODUCTION – We hypothesize that metabolic operations increase bone metabolism. Our study objective was to determine the change in osteoclast activity and… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Comparative Analysis of Laparoscopic and Robot-assisted Surgical Task Performance in Laparoscopic Novices and Experts
Ahmed M Zihni, MD, MPH, Jaime A Cavallo, MD, MPHS, Jason Chiu, BA, Ikechukwu Ohu, BS, Sohyung Cho, PhD, L. Michael Brunt, MD, FACS, Michael M Awad, MD, PhD. Washington University in St Louis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. INTRODUCTION: Robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) utilizes wristed instruments that provide more degrees of freedom than rigid traditional… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Comparison between Intraoperative Cholangiography and Choledochoscopy for ductal clearance in Laparoscopic CBD exploration – a prospective randomized study
Anubhav Vindal, MS, DNB, MRCSEd, MNAMS, Jagdish Chander, MS, Pawanindra Lal, MS, DNB, MNAMS, FRCSEd, FRCSGlas, FRCSEn, FACS, Balu Mahendra, MS. Division of Minimal Access Surgery, Department of Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College (University of Delhi), New Delhi, India. Introduction Laparoscopic CBD exploration is an accepted treatment modality for single stage management of CBD stones… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Comparison of Clinical Outcomes of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Done with Surgical Energy Versus Done Without Surgical Energy: A Prospective Randomized Control Study
Brij B Agarwal, MD, Karan Goyal, MBBS, Nayan Agarwal, Krishna A Agarwal, MBBS, M K Gupta, Sheikh M Mustafa, Himanshu Pandey, Satish Saluja, MD. Ganga Ram Institute for Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, University College of Medical Sciences, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Dr. Agarwal's Surgery, New Delhi, India. INTRODUCTION-This study… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Outcomes and Quality
Comparison of FLS Surgical Skills Performance Using a Motorised Instrument by Conventional Laparoscopy and by Single Port Access
Patrice Crochet, MD, Rajesh Aggarwal, PhD, Sophie Knight, MD, Karine Baumstarck, MD, Maxime Marcelli, MD, Jean-Philippe Estrade, MD, Eric Lambaudie, PhD, Alexandre Lazard, MD, Aubert Agostini, MD. 1. Department of Gynecology, La Conception Hospital, Assistance Publique des Hopitaux de Marseille, France. 2. Department of Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Introduction : Single… Continue Reading
Comparison of Long-term Mortality (>8 years) of 7,862 Bariatric Patients to the General Population in New York State
Dana A Telem, MD, Maria Altieri, MD, Jie Yang, PhD, Qiao Zhang, MS, Wendy L Patterson, MPH, Brittany D Peoples, MS, Gerald Gracia, MD, A. Laurie Shroyer, PhD, MSHA, Aurora D Pryor, MD. Stony Brook Medicine, New York State Department of Health Office of Quality and Patient Safety. Introduction: Obesity is a well-established risk factor… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity