Obesity treatment with Orbera Intragastric Balloon – which patients benefit most of the therapy?
Kryspin Mitura. Siedlce Municipal HospitalBackground Treating concomitant diseases in obese patients generates costs which are twice as high as the costs of the therapies in individuals with a normal weight. The conservative management of obesity involving lifestyle and dietary modifications and medical treatment, is related to only short-term efficacy and carries the 90% risk of… Continue Reading
Obalon Gastric Balloon: Kuwait Experience
Yousef Almuhanna1, Fahad Alasfar, Prof2, Fatemah Alotaibi2. 1KIMS, 2Kuwait UniversityBackground: The era of bariatric surgery has been dynamically evolving from the 1950s till day. Considering the possible complications that patients may face postoperatively, less invasive options were brought into the horizon. One of these options is the obalon gastric balloon, in which patients swallow the… Continue Reading
Nutcracker Esophagus: Post-POEM Thorascopic Rescue of Persistent Dysphagia
Ran B Luo, MD, Shanglei Liu, MD, Jonathan C DeLong, MD, Alisa M Coker, MD, Caitlin Houghton, MD, Bryan J Sandler, MD, FACS, Garth R Jacobsen, MD, FACS, Santiago Horgan, MD, FACS. University of California, San DiegoThis video demonstrates both a Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and a subsequent thorascopic esophagomyotomy for nutcracker esophageal disease. The… Continue Reading
Novel prognostic factor in the colorectal cancer patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery
Toshihiro Nakao, Mitsuo Shimada, Kozo Yoshikawa, Jun Higashijima, Takuya Tokunaga, Masaaki Nishi, Chie Takasu, Hideya Kashihara. Department of Surgery, The University of TokushimaBackground: Recently, much attention has been paid to the sarcopenia, Glasgow prognostic score (GPS) and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) to predict the prognosis of several cancers. The aim of the present study was to… Continue Reading
Novel Magnetic Technology for Enhancing Sleeve Gastrectomy. First Results in Patients
Marcos Berry, MD1, Lionel Urrutia, MD1, Maria Jose Dominguez, MD1, Matthew Kroh, MD2. 1Bariatric Surgery Unit, Clinica Las Condes, Santiago, Chile, 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, USA1. Objective of the technology The Magnetic Surgical System (Levita Magnetics Corp) is an innovative technological platform that uses magnetic fields to enhance mobilization and exposure during surgery. The system allows for… Continue Reading
Novel imaging solutions for the early detection of peritoneal metastases
Dimitra Pouli, MD1, Roger Jenkins, MD2, Travis B Sullivan, MS2, Kimberly M Rieger-Christ, PhD2, Irene M Georgakoudi, PhD1, Thomas Schnelldorfer, MD2. 1Tufts University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 2Lahey Hospital & Medical CenterObjective of the technology. For pancreatic cancer patients, treatment selection fundamentally relies on staging, with “under-staging” considered a common problem. Imaging modalities that can… Continue Reading
Novel Device and Method of Traction with Magnet, Wire and Cilp for Minimally Invasive Surgery
YongHo Jeon, Prof1, Bummo Ahn, PhD2, Kil Yeon Lee, MD3, Sun Jin Park, MD3, Moon Gu Lee, Prof1, Sungwoo Cho, MD, PhD4. 1Ajou Univ., 2Kitech, 3KHUSM, 4Soonchunhyang University Seoul HospitalObjective of the technology or device There have been difficult to ensure good visibility around dissection position because of the limitation of traction and/or retraction when… Continue Reading
Novel approach for definitive treatment of retained rectal mucosa in FAP following restorative proctolectomy using transanal endoscopic surgery
Jingjing L Sherman, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiPatient is a 55 year old male with who underwent open restorative proctocolectomy, IPAA hand-sewn anastomosis and mucosectomy in 1996. He presents with retain mucosal below the IPAA anastomosis and a posterior tubulovillous adenoma with low grade dysplasia. Decision was made to… Continue Reading
NOTES Transvaginal Surgery: Dead or Alive in 2015? Results of a Survey
Alberto Raul Ferreres, MD, PhD, FACS, hon, Rosana Trapani, MD, Pablo Miguel, MD, Julieta Camelione, MD, Leandro Cardozo, MD, Paula Curvale, MD. University of Buenos AiresIntroduction: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) introduced in the late 80´s is currently the standard of care for the treatment of cholelithiasis. New approaches such as NOTES and SILS developed but did… Continue Reading
Non-Fluoroscopic Purely Endoscopic Stent placement for Upper GI Pathology: A safe, cost effective practice.
Matthew J Lyon, Dr1, Paul Mousa, Dr2, Abheiney Jain, Dr3, Bimal Sood, Dr4, Kamal Heer, MD5, Harish Kumar, MD1. 1University of Queensland, 2Prince Charles Hospital, 3Royal Free Hospital London, 4Toowoomba Hospital, 5Monash UniveristyIntroduction: Self expanding metal stents are widely used in palliation & treatment of GIT pathology. This study reports a single surgeon's results utilizing… Continue Reading
New Technique: Laparoscopic Creation of Jejunal Pouch Following Total Gastrectomy with Roux-en-Y Reconstruction
Marc A Ward, MD1, Michael B Ujiki, MD2. 1University of Chicago Medicine, 2NorthShore University HealthSystemHunt-Lawerence jejunal pouches have been shown to improve quality of life when compared to esophagojejunostomy without pouch formation after total gastrectomy. This video shows a novel technique for jejunal pouch formation during laparoscopic total gastrectomy. Continue Reading
New technique for one gland parathyroidectomy by endoscopic and robotic bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA): A case series study
Hyeong Won Yu, MD4, Jin Wook Yi, MD4, Ra-Yeong Song4, Joon-Hyop Lee3, Seong Ho Yoo, MD1, Su-jin Kim, MD, PhD4, Young Jun Chai, MD2, June Young Choi, MD3, Kyu Eun Lee, MD, PhD4. 4Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital and College of Medicine, Seoul, Repubic of Korea, 3Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Bundang… Continue Reading
Negligence to nightmare: Gossypiboma
Dr Sreejoy Patnaik, MS. SHANTI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PVT.LTD INTRODUCTION: Gossypiboma describes a mass within a patient's body comprising a cotton matrix surrounded by a foreign body granuloma due to retained pieces of gauze; is an infrequent surgical complication & serious surgical malpractice resulting from negligence. Either detected early due an exudative inflammatory reaction with the formation of an… Continue Reading
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Needs analysis for developing a VR simulator for NOTES
Arun Nemani1, Woojin Ahn, PhD1, Denis Dorozhkin, PhD1, Steven Schwaitzberg, MD2, Daniel Jones, MD3, Suvranu De, ScD1. 1Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, 3Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School INTRODUCTION: A virtual translumenal endoscopic surgical trainer (VTESTTM) is being developed to provide a safe… Continue Reading
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Needlescopic surgery for low rectal cancer
Jun Nagata, Yosuke Fukunaga, Atsushi Ogura, Shunsuke Hamasaki, Yukiko Takatsu, Toshiya Nagasaki, Takashi Akiyoshi, Tsuyoshi Konishi, Yoshiya Fujimoto, Satoshi Nagayama, Masashi Ueno. The Cancer Institute Hospital of JFCRIntroduction: Laparoscopic colorectal surgery has been shown to result in reduction of postoperative pain and complications. Needlescopic surgery(NS) is minimally invasive technique that does not reduce the number… Continue Reading