Laparoscopic Enucleation of Pancreatic Insulinoma With Control of Intraoperative Bleeding
Bernadette U Laxa, MD, Barnard J Palmer, MD, William B Inabnet, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine Insulinomas are rare but vascular tumors that require surgical removal as a therapeutic measure. Laparoscopic enucleation has become the standard treatment when feasible with excellent results. We present a laparoscopic insulinoma enucleation, during which intraoperative bleeding was… Continue Reading
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic Excision of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Near the Gastroesophageal Junction
Linda P Zhang, MD, Barry A Salky, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine This is a video demonstrating a laparoscopic approach to excision of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the posterior stomach near the gastroesophageal junction. This is a challenging portion of the stomach for laparoscopic excision and repair. After full mobilization of the… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
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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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Fenestration of Multiple Liver Cysts
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Joel Ricci, MD, Benjamin Samstein, MD FACS. Columbia University Medical Center, New York Hospital Queens Laparoscopic wide cyst fenestration is today the preferred method in the surgical treatment of symptomatic liver cyst. We presented a laparoscopic fenestration of multiples liver cyst in a 62 year-old female with abdominal pain and… Continue Reading
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- HPB
Laparoscopic Fundoplication Takedown With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Leads to Excellent Reflux Control and Quality of Life in Patients After One Or More Failed Fundoplications
Fernando A Navarro, MD, Brant T Heniford, Keith Gersin, Dimitrios Stefanidis. Carolinas Medical Center, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Charlotte, NC Introduction: Recent data suggest that redo fundoplication after prior failed fundoplication (FP) is associated with a high failure rate to control reflux in the long term. In this… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Foregut
Laparoscopic Gastrectomies in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Singapore\’s Institution Initial Experience
Aung M Oo, MD, V Shelat, MD, K H Lim, MD, A Koura, MD, J Rao, MD. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore INTRODUCTIONCancer of the stomach is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh most common cancer in women in Singapore. Gastrectomy with D2 lymphadnectomy has been proven to be the… Continue Reading
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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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Gastric Band Removal – Single Institution Experience
Emilia Krol, MD, Keith Zuccala, MD, Laura Choi, MD. Danbury Hospital Introduction: Laparoscopic gastric band placement is an effective method for the treatment of morbid obesity. Placement of a gastric band via minimally invasive surgical technique contributed to an increasing number of patients who select and undergo this procedure as opposed to gastric bypass.… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass in Adolescents: a Prospective Analysis of Dynamic of Weight Loss.
Piotr Gorecki, MD, Alok Aggarwal, MD, Elizabeth Lax, MD, Anthony Tortolani, MD, Wojciech Gorecki, MD. Department of Surgery, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY Introduction: With an epidemic of obesity among American children and adolescents, and growing popularity of bariatric surgery in adults, little data focusing on dynamics of weight loss and potential outcome… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Gastric Plication As a Revisional Procedure After Failed Adjustable Gastric Band
John H Rodriguez, MD, Stacy Brethauer, MD, Matthew Kroh, MD. Cleveland Clinic Foundation INTRODUCTION: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is one of the most common weight loss operations performed. Despite it’s popularity, well known complications requiring re-operation are frequently encountered. Revision of the band or conversion to other procedures including Roux en-Y gastric bypass… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Gastric Wedge Resection With Prophylactic Fundoplication for Submucosal Tumor at Gastroesophageal Junction
Jin-jo Kim, MD, Jung-sun Lee, MD. Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea Objective: Laparoscopic gastric wedge resection (LGWR) for a gastric submucosal tumor (SMT) which involved gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is technically challenging because of difficulty in reconstruction of GEJ after resection and resultant damaged function of lower esophageal sphincter (LES). We… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Gastroduodenostomy After Esophagectomy for Impaired Gastric Emptying
Edward D Auyang, MD MS, Brant K Oelschlager, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Washington Introduction: Impaired emptying of the gastric conduit or neoesophagus after esophagectomy can have multiple etiologies including decreased motility secondary to vagus nerve damage and mechanical stricturing. Often times, these etiologies can be managed with pro-motility medications, dilation, and pyloroplasty.… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Hand-sewn Esophagojejunal Anastomosis After Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Susumu Inamine, MD, Yasuaki Mayama, MD, Tomofumi Orokawa, MD, Osamu Kakazu, MD, Hiroki Sunagawa, MD, Tetsuo Toyama, MD, Hisamitsu Zaha, MD. Nakagami General Hospital Background. In Japan, laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) has been widely accepted for the treatment of early gastric cancer. However, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is not widely accepted because of the… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Hepatic Resection for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Comparative Analysis of Short and Long Term Results
Satoru Imura, MD, Mitsuo Shimada, MD PhD, Tohru Utsunomiya, MD PhD, Yuji Morine, MD, Tetsuya Ikemoto, MD, Hiroki Mori, MD, Jun Hanaoka, MD, Mami Kanamoto, MD, Koji Sugimoto, MD, Hidenori Miyake, MD PhD. Tokushima University INTRODUCTION: With progress of surgical technique and devices, laparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) became a realizable option for patients with hepatocellular… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary Surgery for Benign and Malignant Lesions – Bringing New Paradigm Into Practice
Daniel Tuvin, Manuel I Rodriguez-davalos, Marcelo E Facciuto, Ashutosh Kaul, Patricia A Sheiner, Michael R Marvin, Sukru Emre. Yale University, Recanati-Miller Transplantation Institute/Mount Sinai NY, New York Medical College Background: Advances in minimally invasive surgery (MIS) have revolutionized modalities available to patients and clinicians in performing surgical procedures. However, it is only recently that… Continue Reading