Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy After a Quarter of a Century: Why Do We Still Convert?
Balazs I Lengyel, MD, Dan E Azagury, MD, Maria T Panizales, MS, Jill Steinberg, MPH RN, David C Brooks, MD, Stanley W Ashley, MD, Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MD. Department of General Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA BACKGROUND:… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Laparoscopic Colectomy Significantly Decreases Length of Stay When Compared to Open Operation
A Stefanou, MD, C Reickert, MD, A Falvo, DO, V Velanovich, MD, I Rubinfeld, MD. Henry Ford Hospital Introduction: The goal of our study is to evaluate if patients undergoing laparoscopic colectomy have a statistically shorter length of stay when compared to patients undergoing open colectomy. We evaluated National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) data… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration: Clinical Studies On Transcholedochal vs Transcystic Approaches in 374 Consecutive Cases
Song Liang, MD PhD, Morris E Franklin, MD. The Texas Endosurgery Institute Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Common bile duct stone as one of most frequently encountered biliary diseases was traditionally managed by choledoctomy with common bile duct exploration (CBDE) for stone removal. Despite being reported, laparoscopic CBDE has still been less favorable in clinical practice… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- HPB
Laparoscopic Dor Versus Toupet Fundoplication Following Heller Myotomy for Achalasia: Results of a Multicenter, Prospective Randomized-Controlled Trial
Arthur Rawlings, MD, Nathaniel J Soper, MD, Brant Oelschlager, MD, Lee Swanstrom, MD, Brent D Matthews, MD, Carlos Pellegrini, MD, Richard A Pierce, MD PhD, Aurora Pryor, MD, Valeria Martin, MD, Margaret M Frisella, RN, Maria Cassera, RN, L. Michae. Departments of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine-St. Louis, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, University of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Duodenojejunal Bypass with Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity
C Palanivelu, MCH FACS FRCS, P Praveen Raj, MS, P Senthilnathan, MS DNB, S Rajapandian, MS DNB, C Chandramaliteeswaran, MS. GEM Hospital INTRODUCTIONBariatric surgeries are now redefined as metabolic surgeries given the excellent resolution of metabolic derangements accompanying obesity. Duodenojejunal bypass (DJB) is a novel metabolic surgery based on foregut hypothesis. Duodenojejunal bypass as a… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Fixation of Biologic Mesh At the Hiatus with Fibrin Or Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) Sealant in a Porcine Model
Eric D Jenkins, MD, Sopon Lerdsirisopon, MD, Kevin P Costello, Lora Melman, MD, Margaret M Frisella, RN, Brent D Matthews, MD, Corey R Deeken, PhD. Dept. of Surgery, Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri) OBJECTIVES: Despite evidence that biologic mesh reinforcement improves outcomes for paraesophageal hernia repair, biologic… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Patients with Advanced Gastric Cancer Produces Similar Oncologic Outcomes to Open Resection
S J MacLellan, MD, H MacKay, MD, L Jacks, MSc AStat, Z Kassam, MD FRCP, T Conrad, MD, I Khalili, MD, J Ringash, MD MSc FRCPC, A Okrainec, MDCM MHPE FACS FRCSC. University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada. Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada. Introduction:Use of laparoscopic-assisted gastrectomy has gained acceptance as… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Gastric Ischemic Conditioning Prior to Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy, the Logic Trial
DARMARAJAH VEERAMOOTOO, MB BS MRCS MD, ANGELA C SHORE, PhD, SHAHJEHAN A WAJED, MA BM BCh MChir FRCS. Department of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter, United Kingdom. Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom. Introduction:Minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) is recognised as a valid, less… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Management of Gastric Band Erosions: A 10 Year Series of 41 Cases
Geoffrey P Kohn, MBBS, Cheryl Hansen, RN, Richard W Gilhome, MBBS, Ray C McHenry, MBBS, Chris Hensman, MBBS. LapSurgery Australia INTRODUCTION Intragastric erosion is a rare but major complication of laparoscopic adjustable gastric band (LAGB) surgery for morbid obesity. Many techniques have been described to treat this problem, with little supporting evidence. One described technique… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Removal of Adjustable Gastric Band with Conversion to Sleeve Gastrectomy
Joshua B Alley, MD FACS, Amit Parikh, DO, Stephen J Fenton, MD, Donovan N Tapper, MD, Richard M Peterson, MD MPH FACS. University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; Wilford Hall Medical Center Introduction: Approximately 33% of patients undergoing laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are reported to experience failure of weight loss, intolerance of… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Right Hemicolectomy Should Be the Standard of Care for Diseases of the Right Colon Which Require Surgical Resection: A Large Multicenter Outcome Study
Oleg Dolghi, MD, Vishal M Kothari, MD, Jason F Reynoso, MD, Elizabeth M Schmidt, MD, Anton Simorov, MD, J U Unnirevi, MBBS, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska Medical Center Introduction: A large multi-center study on outcomes of laparoscopic and open right hemicolectomy has not been performed. The objective of this study was to retrospectively… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Robotic Assisted Whipple: Early Results of a Novel Technique and Comparison with the Standard Open Procedure
Matthew Walsh, MD, Sri Chalikonda, MD, Juan Ramon Aguilar Saavedra, MD, Gregory Lentz, PhD, John Fung, MD. Cleveland Clinic Fundation Background: Since the introduction of minimally invasive surgery, surgeons have sought to optimize the efficiency and safety of these techniques. Recently, robotic assistance devices have been employed in conjunction with standard laparoscopic techniques to further… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Is Safe and Effective in Morbidly Obese Patients with Cirrhosis
Jayme B Stokes, MD, Nicholas H Pope, MD, Mohamed Dahman, MD, Sean C Kumer, MD, Timothy M Schmitt, MD, Bruce D Schirmer, MD, Peter T Hallowell, MD. University of Virginia Background: Limited data currently exists regarding the performance of laparoscopic Rou-en-y gastric bypass (LRGB) in patients with cirrhosis. We evaluated our experience at a university… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Reduces Elevated Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Activity in Morbidly Obese Diabetic Patients
Andrew Schneider, Dhwajbahadur Rawat, PhD, Steve Weinstein, MD, Sachin Gupte, MD PhD, William Richards, MD. University of South Alabama College of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is an important enzyme in lipid and glucose metabolism. Participating in the rate limiting step of the pentose phosphate pathway, G6PD provides the majority of NADPH to cells for… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Basic Science
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Obesity: Can It Be Considered a Definitive Procedure?
Edward Chao, MD, Yana Etkin, MD, Lynn Merklinger, NP, Jayne A Lieb, MD, Ajay K Chopra, MD. Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Providing bariatric surgical services is a challenge with an inner-city population. In some areas of NYC, the incidence of super obesity and multiple obesity related co-morbidities is high. Laparoscopic Sleeve… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity