Transluminal Endoscopic Pancreatic Debridement for Infected Pancreatic Pesudocyst
J Andres Astudillo, MD, Ata Mazaheri, MD. Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA Introduction: Acute pancreatitis can develop from gallstones obstructing the cystic duct or from alcohol intake. It can also rarely form secondary to other causes such as medications or metabolic problems. As a result of this a pacreatic pseudocyst can form,… Continue Reading
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A New Endoscopic Interventional Technique for the Percutaneous Trans-Esophageal Gastro-Tubing (PTEG)
Hideto Oishi, MD PhD, Noriyasu Shirotani, MD PhD, Shingo Kameoka, MD PhD. Division of Digestive and General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yachiyo Medical Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University Background: In 1994, we invented Percutaneous Trans-esophageal Gastro-tubing (PTEG) for the patients who difficult to perform Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG). We already performed 176 cases of PTEG,… Continue Reading
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Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (tem) with Single Port Instruments
HJ Kim, BH Kye, HM Cho, SC Lee, JH Kim, IK Lee, YS Lee, ST Oh, JG Kim. St. Vincent's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea INTRODUCTION: Recently, there is evolved many treatment modalities for early rectal cancer and benign rectal tumor. And transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM) is raised primary concern in the field. But… Continue Reading
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Feasibility Study of the Hydraulic-Driven Capsule Colonoscope
Kazuhiko Shinohara, MD PhD. School of Health Science, Tokyo University of Technology Background and Objective:Colonoscopy requires a high level of dexterity and spatial cognitive ability. Although training programs for surgical colonoscopy are available, not a few complications such as injury to and perforation of the colon still occur during colonoscope insertion. Patient discomfort and mucosal… Continue Reading
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NOTES Transvaginal Hybrid Cholecystectomy: Early Experience of a New Approach
Shohan Shetty, MD, Amir H Shariff, MD, Andrew J Duffy, MD, Robert L Bell, MD, Kurt E Roberts, MD. Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, CT BackgroundNatural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is an innovative approach in minimally invasive surgery that has been found to be a practical and… Continue Reading
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Comparison of Symptomatic Outcomes of Endoscopic Fundoplication with Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
Kellie McFarlin, MD, Vic Velanovich, MD. Henry Ford Hospital Background: Endoscopic fundoplication with the Esophyx device for the surgical treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in selected patients with small hiatal hernias. There have been no randomized trials comparing the two techniques. Anecdotal reports suggest… Continue Reading
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Transanal Completion Proctectomy Using Tem: Initial Patient Experience in Hybrid NOTES Procedure
Michelle K Savu, MD, Alicia Logue, MD, Joseph Love, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center /South Texas VA Heathcare System San Antonio Abstract:Objective: Transluminal surgery offers advantages to the patient by decreasing the morbidity of abdominal incisions. The rectum naturally lends itself to a NOTES procedure as the anus is a readily accessible orifice.… Continue Reading
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Transvaginal Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Pain Study
Pratibh Vemulapalli, MD, Diego Camacho, MD, Scott Chudnoff, MD, Emanuel Agaba, MD, Harvey Rainville, MD. Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Background: The transvaginal laparoscopic cholecystectomy approach allows for reduced port placement in the abdominal wall where patients experience the most postoperative pain. We propose that this method will decrease… Continue Reading
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Acute Appendicitis After Colonoscopy: A Case Report and Review of Literature
Ming-Li Wang, MD, Kuldeep Singh, MD, Federick Sabido, MD. Staten Island University Hospital Introduction: Acute appendicitis is an extremely rare complication of colonoscopy. Only 13 cases of acute appendicitis after colonoscopy have been reported in the English literature. We present a case of acute appendicitis after colonoscopy and performed a literature review. Methods and Procedures:… Continue Reading
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Single-Incision Multiport Laparo-Endoscopic (simple) Surgery
Toshiyuki Mori, MD, Nobutsugu Abe, MD, Hisae Aoki, MD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University Laparoscopic surgery has been widely accepted as a less invasive alternative to conventional open surgery. The fact that most contributed to reduce invasiveness of surgical procedures is reduction of the injury to the normal body wall. Since its… Continue Reading
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Comparison of Early Morbidity Parameters Between Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Classic Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Prospective Controlled Trial
Pankaj Garg, title, Jai D Thakur, MBBS, Rajeev Kumar, MBBS MS, Ashok K Attri, MBBS MS, Jeremy Song, BS. 1. SGHKS Charitable Hospital, Sohana, Mohali, Punjab, India 2. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA. 3.Government Medical College, Chandigarh, India. 4. Simches Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA Aim- To compare pain… Continue Reading
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Ectopic Pancreas in the Stomach Presenting As an Inflammatory Abdominal Mass
Takayuki Tokutsu, MD, Toshiyuki Mori, MD, Noritsugu Abe, MD, Tomokazu Kishiki, MD, Hiroyoshi Matsuoka, MD, Tadahiko Masaki, MD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD. Kyorin university A 32-year-old woman with ectopic pancreas in the stomach, presenting as inflammatory mass, is presented. A computed tomographic (CT) scan demonstrated a mass adjacent to the gastric antrum, which was diagnosed inflammatory… Continue Reading
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ERCP in the Management of Biliary Ascariasis
Towhidul Alam, Prof of Surgery. Bangabandhu Sheik Mujib Medical University ObjectiveThe conventional surgical procedure for managing bile duct worm is not free from morbidity on the other hand there is possibility of getting no worm after laparotomy, thereby Endoscopic extraction is the logical alternative.MethodsThe study was conducted during March 2003 to August 2010 in Banga… Continue Reading
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Possible Extension of Indications for Less Invasive Endoscopic Surgery By a Superparamagnetic Clip for Endoscopes
Takeshi Ohdaira, MD, Yoshikazu Yasuda, MD, Makoto Hashizume, MD. Department of Advanced Medicine and Innovative Technology, Kyushu University Hospital Background: We ranked Single Port Surgery (SPS) and NOTES (full-thickness gastrointestinal resection involving D1 radical dissection) as a surgical procedure between endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) and conventional laparoscopic surgery. In SPS, however, we have to control… Continue Reading
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Adjunct Use of Self-Expanding Covered Stent in the Treatment of Non-Eroded Stenosis By Silatic Gastric Ring
Seiichi Kitahama, MD, Valerie J Halpin, MD FACS, Lee L Swanstrom, MD FACS. Baylor College of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery INTRODUCTION The silastic ring gastric bypass (SRGB) was introduced by Fobi in 1989, in an effort to combine the advantages of the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass with those of the vertical banded gastroplasty… Continue Reading
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