Screening for Thrombophilias in Bariatric Surgical Candidates
Vincent Chavanon, Medical Student, Gabriel E Herrera, MD, Giselle Hamad, MD. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh Introduction: Obesity is an independent risk factor for the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE), which can add significant morbidity and mortality to bariatric surgery procedures. Obesity has been shown to be associated with hypercoagulable disorders. There… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
The Impact of Minimally Invasive Surgery (mis) and Operating Room (or) Time On Blood Transfusions and Surgical Site Infections
Santosh J Agarwal, BPharm MS, Michael E Minshall, MPH, Ned Cosgriff, MD, Ross D Segan, MD MBA FACS, Gary V Delhougne, JD MHA. Covidien Objective: We hypothesized that each thirty minute interval increase in OR time and open surgical procedures, independently, would be associated with an additional risk for blood transfusions, surgical site infections… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Resident Rural Surgery Rotations With Endoscopy and Laparoscopy: Is More Residency Training Needed in These Areas to Prepare Rural Surgeons?
Geary D Bush, MD, Don K Nakayama, MD MBA, Martin L Dalton, MD. Mercer University School of Medicine / The Medical Center of Central Georgia Background: The workforce shortage is especially acute in rural regions, which attract few resident trainees. Methods: To enhance the profile of rural surgery and to expose residents to consider… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Impact of Fellowship-trained Laparoscopic Surgeons On Rates
Garth H Ballantyne, MD MBA, Eric A Sommer, MD, Heidi Elliott, MD. Lawrence & Memorial Hospital INTRODUCTION: Many of the early pioneers of Laparoscopic General Surgery practiced in Community Hospitals. Although Evidence-Based Medicine demands the use of minimally invasive techniques, penetration of laparoscopic approaches to General Surgery procedures has remained poor at many community… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Thoracoscopic Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer in Semi-prone Position
Naoshi Kubo, Katsunobu Sakurai, Hiroaki Tanaka, Kazuya Muguruma, Hitoshi Nagahara, Eiji Noda, Kiyoshi Maeda, Masakazu Yashiro, Nobuya Yamada, Masaichi Ohira, Kosei Hirakawa. Department of Surgical Oncology, Graduate school of medicine, Osaka-City University Background The thoracoscopic esopagectomy for esophageal cancer has been reported as minimally invasive with regard to less thoracic wall injury and decreased… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Single-incision Transumbilical Laparoscopic Left Hepatic Lobectomy and Nissen Fundoplication
Giovanni Dapri, MD FACS FASMBS, Vincent Donckier, MD PhD, Jacques Himpens, MD, Guy Bernard Cadière, MD PhD. European School of Laparoscopic Surgery, Saint-Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium Background: Single-incision laparoscopy (SIL) recently gathered interest mainly to improve the cosmetic outcomes. This video shows a patient submitted to left hepatic lobectomy together with Nissen fundoplication… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
The Feasibility of Single Incision Thoracoscopic Surgery for Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Using a Single-incision Laparoscopic Surgery Port Under Single-lumen Endotracheal Tube Intubation With Co2 Gas Insufflation
Hyun Koo Kim, MD PhD, Ho Kyung Sung, MD, Hyun Joo Lee, RN, Jiae Min, RN, Young Ho Choi, MD PhD. College of Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital Background: Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has recently been used by general surgeons to perform cholecystectomy and pre-peritoneal hernia repair. The SILS approach with SILS port… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Utility and Accuracy of Endobronchial Ultrasound As a Diagnostic and Staging Tool for the Evaluation of Mediastinal Adenopathy
Rebecca J Johnson, MD, J E Stephenson, MD FACS, C Schammel, PhD, B L Johnson, MS, K Banks, S Hutcheson, W Wall, W D Bolton, MD. Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center Objective of Study: Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a technique for mediastinal evaluation which is less invasive than cervical mediastinoscopy, the traditional gold… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Long-term Post-operative Results of Laparoscopic and Open Splenectomy Due to Hypersplenism Secondary to Liver Cirrhosis
Jin Zhou, PhD, Zhong Wu, MD, Bing Peng, PhD. West China Hospital, Sichuan University AbstractBackground: Hypersplenism is a common clinical manifestation encountered in patients with liver cirrhosis. For treatment, surgeons can choose between an open or laparoscopic approach. Although splenectomies are gaining increasing importance in patients with hypersplenism secondary to liver cirrhosis, there are… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Outcomes Following Diagnostic Laparoscopy for Trauma: A National Trauma Data Bank Comparison of University and Community Hospitals
Wissam Raad, MD MRCS, J. Alexander Palesty, MD FACS, Juan A Sanchez, MD FACS. The Stanley J. Dudrick Department of Surgery, Saint Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury, CT INTRODUCTION- Diagnostic laparoscopy is becoming increasingly popular at ruling out intra-abdominal injuries in hemodynamically normal trauma patients. It is usually utilized to prevent unnecessary exploratory laparotomies with their… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Key Points and Surgical Outcome of Cholecystectomy Using SILS With 2mm Forceps
Hideaki Tsutsumida, MD, Mitsunobu Uto, MD, Mari Kamimura, MD, Toshiro Kamimura, MD. Kamimura Hospital Single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) for cholecystectomy was introduced into our hospital in February 2011, with the goal of using the conventional technique but reducing surgical time. A 2-mm diameter forceps was also used in the right flank to achieve… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoendoscopic Single Site Cholecystectomy Using a Novel Oval-shaped Port Device
Kazunori Shibao, MD PhD, Aiichiro Higure, MD PhD, Noritaka Minagawa, MD PhD, Koji Yamaguchi, MD PhD. Dept of Surgery I, University of Occupational and Environmental Health OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the usefulness of oval-shaped port devices compared to round-shaped port devices in laparoendoscopic single site (LESS) surgery, and to report an initial clinical case series… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Efficiency of Abscess Pathway
Aliasger Amin, Anil Reddy, Madan Jha, Ahmed Hammad. James Cook University Hospital Objective: Conventionally, patients with abscess admitted under surgery were operated according to the availability of emergency operation theatres. Other emergency procedures took priority, delaying the incision and drainage of abscess. This resulted in long waiting time and unnecessary overnight stay and costing… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Single-incision Laparoscopic Surgery: the Experience of Our First 165 Cases: Pearls and Pitfalls
Akram M Alashari, MD, Nissin Nahmias, MD, Bruce Bernstein, PhD, Stanton Smith, MD, Brian Pellini, MD, Justin Lee, MD, Ibrahim Daoud, MD. Division of Minimally Invasive Surgery St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT Introduction: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery is being increasingly used and emerging as a common alternative to standard multiport laparoscopic surgery.… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release
Richard M Peterson, MD MPH, Stephen J Fenton, MD. University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio; Wilford Hall Medical Center Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome (also known as Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome) was first described in 1963. There are very few series in the literature with most published work as case reports. The success… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other