Pancreaticobiliary Anomalies: A Thirty Eight Year Analysis
John K Lam, MD, Charles E Lucas, MD, Rebecca C Bachusz, MD, Choichi Sugawa, MD. Wayne State University Introduction: Pancreaticobiliary anomalies are rare; interpreting their significance is a challenge. This study correlates these unusual anomalies with various biliary and pancreatic diseases, complications and treatment options.Methods: Pancreaticobiliary anomalies were reviewed at an urban medical center from… Continue Reading
Pancreatic Fistula Rate Is Acceptable After Laparoscopic Pancreatic Surgery
John A Stauffer, MD, Ross F Goldberg, MD, James M Parker, MD, Steven P Bowers, MD, C. Daniel Smith, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD. Mayo Clinic, Florida Introduction:A vexing challenge of pancreatic surgery has been the development of pancreatic fistula. The rate of pancreatic fistula after traditional open distal or proximal pancreatic resection has been… Continue Reading
Overall and Disease Free Survival After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy
Abhishek Sundaram, MBBS MPH, Brittany L Willer, MD, Zachary H Torgersen, BA, Arpad Juhasz, MD PhD, Masato Hoshino, MD, Tommy H Lee, MD, Sumeet K Mittal, MD. Division of General Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center Objective: The objective of this study was to compare overall survival (OS) and disease free survival (DFS) among patients who… Continue Reading
Outcomes of Ventral Hernia Repair in the Non Obese and the Obese
Mohamed Dahman, MD, Katherine Graw, MD, Anna Dietrich-Covington, NP, Bruce Schirmer, MD, Peter Hallowell, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA Introduction: Obesity has been associated with an increased incidence of hernia recurrence, wound infection, and possible worse outcomes after hernia repair. With more major abdominal… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Outcomes of Minimally Invasive Ivor Lewis Esophagogastrectomy: Analysis of 105 Cases
Ninh T Nguyen, MD, Xuan-Mai T Nguyen, PhD, Anderson H Shih, Taraneh Matin, Kevin M Reavis, MD, Brian Smith, MD. UC Irvine Medical Center Introduction: The thoracoscopic-laparoscopic approach to esophagectomy with a cervical anastomosis has been described; however, the literature is limited regarding the feasibility and safety of performing a minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagogastrectomy… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Foregut
Outcomes of Laparoscopic Colectomy for Cancer in Elderly Patients
Wai Lun Law, MD, Jensen T Poon, MD, Joe K Fan, MD, Oswens S Lo, MD, Chi Chung Foo, MD. The University of Hong Kong Background: Resection for colon cancer in the elderly is considered as a major undertaking, which is associated with a high operative morbidity. There have been studies on the safety of… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Colorectal
Outcomes for Case-Matched Single Port Colectomy Are Comparable with Conventional Laparoscopic Colectomy
Albert M Wolthuis, MD, Steffen Fieuws, PhD, Freddy Penninckx, MD PhD, André D'Hoore, MD PhD. Department of Abdominal Surgery, Interuniversity Centre for Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium BackgroundWith the introduction of single port surgery, the presumed advantages were improved cosmesis, decrease of pain and shorter length of stay. The aim of… Continue Reading
Outcomes and Costs of Laparoscopic Distal Pancreatectomy: Comparison to Open Resection in a Single Centre
Adrian M Fox, Dr, Kristen B Pitzul, Faizal D Bhojani, Dr, Max Kaplan, Carol-anne Moulton, Dr, Alice Wei, Dr, Sean P Cleary, Dr, Allan Okrainec. Division Of General Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ONTARIO; Division Of General Surgery, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ONTARIO Introduction: Surgical resection for distal pancreatic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Our New Method of Roux En Y Reconstruction with Pouch in Laparoscopically Assisted Total Gastrectomy
Koji Hattori, PhD, Yasuhiro Kamiya, PhD, Motoki Hatho, PhD, Yoshinori Itho, PhD, Taku Miyamae, Dr, Hiroyuki Sagawa, Dr. Kakegawa city general hospital ObjectivesSince 2004, after open total gastrectomy(OTG), we have included a pouch formation in Roux en Y reconstruction protocol (PRY), in order to increase the amount of meal to be taken once. And since… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Our Method of Internal Drainage of Pancreatic Pseudocysts Accomplished By Minimally Invasive Laparoscopic Approaches
SHOJI FUKUYAMA, MD PhD, YOSHINAO KIMURA, MD PhD, YASUYUKI NAKAJIMA, MD PhD. NAKAJIMA HOSPITAL INTRODUCTION: In spite that indications of laparoscopic surgery have been spreading for various kinds of diseases, the number of laparoscopic surgery for pancreatic disease is still low compared to other abdominal diseases. Pseudocyst is one of the late complications after acute… Continue Reading
Our Experience in Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
M.UMIT UGURLU, MD, ILKNUR ERGUNER, MD, S.YIGIT YILDIZ, MD, ZEHRA BOYACIOGLU, MD, KURSAT CETIN, MD, M.TAHIR ORUC, MD. Kocaeli Derince Teaching and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey Introduction: Recent inventions in endoscopic techniques brought out advancements in treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). We analysed our laparoscopic nissen fundoplication (LNF) procedures that we performed in our… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Our Experience in Laparoscopic Colon Surgery: A Series of 105 Patients
Jose L Ibarrola-Calleja, MD, Mauricio Rodriguez-Gonzalez, MD, Miguel Eljure-Eljure, MD, Roberto Sanchez-Moscoso, MD. Hospital Angeles del pedregal in Mexico City Introduction: Laparoscopic surgery was born with Kelling in 1902, from there this type of procedure was accepted and captivating many surgeons, an important precursor of colon surgery by laparoscopy is Moises Jacobs. Our goal is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Oral Antiseptic Mouth Rinse Can Decrease the Morbidity Due to Surgical Site Infections in Circular Stapled Roux En Y Gastric Bypass: Single Surgeon Experience At a University Hospital
Bala Thatigotla, MD MRCS. Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville,TN Introduction:Trans oral insertion of anvil insertion for creation of gastrojejunostomy in gastric bypass by circular stapling technique poses the increased risk of surgical site infections, because on contamination from oral and upper GI tract flora.Perioperative preventive measures can significantly decreased these infections. Methods: This is a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Optical Trocar Peritoneal Entry Is Safe and Compares Favorably to the Open Technique
Vedra A Augenstein, MD, Ryan C Phillips, Thomas C Yonce, Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD PhD FACS. Carolinas Medical Center Background: The optimal method of intraabdominal access during laparoscopic surgery is still being debated. Access with optical trocars has been demonstrated to be faster, associated with a lower incidence of wound infections, trocar hernias and smaller incisions… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Operational Skill Assessment for Robotic Surgery Training
Rajesh Kumar, PhD, Amod Jog, Balasz Vagvolgyi, Thomas Tantillo, Chi Chiung Grace Chen, MD, Hiep Nguyen, MD, Greg Hager, PhD, David Yuh, MD. Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Children's Hospital, Boston Robotic surgery training methods are still in development, with increased recent interest with the introduction of simulators for training. However, published research in… Continue Reading