Laparoscopic Small Bowell Anastomosis
Nestor F De La Cruz-munos, MD, Francisco J Jacome, MD, Marissa Montgomery. UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Introduction: Laparoscopic small bowel anastomoses are completed using the same essential technique as an open anastomosis, but with different instruments. The traditional teaching is to make a transverse closure of the enterotomy. Because the instruments… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Technique for the Treatment of Hematocolpos Due to an Obstructed Uterine Horn.
Alexey Markelov, MD, Holy Hedrick, MD FAAP FACS. Easton Hospital, Drexel University School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A uterine malformation is a type of female genital malformation resulting from an abnormal development of the Mullerian ducts during embryogenesis. The prevalence of uterine malformation is estimated to be 0.4% in the general… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Treatment for Urachal Remnant – A Report of Two Cases
Roppei Yamada, MD PhD, Yasushi Rino, MD PhD, Norio Yukawa, MD PhD, Tsutomu Sato, MD, Hirohito Fujikawa, MD, Nobuhiro Sugano, MD, Koichiro Yamaoku, MD, Daisuke Inagaki, MD, Teni Godai, MD, Shinichi Hasegawa, MD PhD, Takashi Oshima, MD PhD, Munetaka Masuda, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine Objective: To report… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach in the Management of Appendicitis Complicated With Peritonitis
Felipe Quezada, MD, Ricardo Mejia, MD, Nicolas Quezada, MD, Oslando Padilla, Alex Escalona, MD, Nicolas Jarufe, MD, Fernando Pimentel, MD. Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. INTRODUCTION: In the last few years, laparoscopy has become the standard of care in most of abdominal surgical pathologies. Laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy With D2 Lymph Node Dissection : Our Initial Experience
Masahiko Nishizaki, MD, Syunsuke Kagawa, MD, Futoshi Uno, MD, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, MD, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, MD. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan Background: To expand the indication of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for advanced gastric cancer, D2 lymph node (LN) dissection is required as the standard procedure in accordance with the guide… Continue Reading
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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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Minilaparoscopic Approach With Hidden Scars for Usual Laparoscopic Procedures.
Isaac Baley Spindel, MD, Karla Susana Martin Tellez, MD, Angel Martinez Munive, MD, Jorge Cueto Garcia, MD, Fernando Quijano Orvañanos, MD. American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City. IntroductionAbout 25 years ago laparoscopic surgery emerged as a novel, minimally invasive technique for treatment of common surgical pathologies. In the last 5 years, techniques and… Continue Reading
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Minimally Invasive Surgery Adoption Into an Established Surgical Practice:
Edward P Dominguez, MD, Cory D Barrat, MD, Ryan Gruner, BS, Donald Whisler, BS, Lynn Shaffer, PhD. Riverside Methodist Hospital, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Columbus, OH Introduction: We compared the rate of adoption of laparoscopic techniques by general surgeons before and after the introduction of a MIS fellowship trained colleague to an established practice. The… Continue Reading
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Needlescopic Surgery in Patients With Acute Abdomen
Efthymios Poulios, MD, Konstantinos P Economopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Tsakayannis, MD, Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Tranoudakis, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD FACS. Department of Surgery, "Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece Introduction: The needlescopic laparoscopic procedures provide minimal scars, minimal tissue injury, probably less postoperative pain, and analogous to conventional… Continue Reading
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New Approach for Transperitoneal Left Adrenalectomy
V.v. Grubnik, Prof, O.s. Burlak, V.v. Ilyashenko. Odessa national medical university Background. Endoscopic left adrenalectomy can be performed using either a retroperitoneal or transperitoneal approach.The aim of this study was to develop a new transperitoneal approach for left adrenalectomy, and evaluate the safeness of this surgical technique. Methods. Design of study – cohort prospective… Continue Reading
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New Modification of Laparoscopic Colectomy By Nose and SILS With Virtual Ports
Hwei-ming Wang, MD, Feng Fan Chiang. Taichung Veterans General Hospital Introduction The NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) and SILS (single incision laparoscopic surgery) were two recent progresses in minimally invasive surgery. The effort of NOTES and SILS was try to decrease the numbers of ports and minimized the size of incision in laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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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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Overnight-stay Bilateral Thoracosopic Sympathectomy in Patients With Palmar Hyperhidrosis
Avinash N Katara, MS DNB MRCSEd, Ramya Behera, MS, Deepraj S Bhandarkar, MS FRFACS FICS FAIS FIAGES, Tehemton E Udwadia, MS FCPS FRCSEng FRCSEdin FICS. PD Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai Introduction: Thoracoscopic sympathectomy is the gold standard for treatment of patients with primary palmar hyperhidrosis. This study assesses the feasibility… Continue Reading
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Preliminary Results of New Minimally Invasive Technique in Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Intramuscular Injection of Extracts of Laparoscopically Harvested Omentum in Limbs of Patients With Buerger\’s Disease
Ali Aminian, MD, Rasoul Mirsharifi, MD. Tehran University of Medical Sciences INTRODUCTION: Salvage of limbs affected by Buerger's disease has been a dilemma for surgeons. Reconstructive procedures are usually not possible and sympathectomy relieves vasospasm only in the early stages. Limb amputation often is the only available management option. Previous reports demonstrated acceptable results… Continue Reading
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Promis for Basic Laparoscopy
Juliane Bingener, MD, Jeff Sloan, PhD, Paul Novotny, MS. Mayo Clinic Background: Traditional physician reported outcomes (e.g. morbidity) have significant limitations when comparing minimally invasive surgical procedures. Interest in patient-reported outcomes (PRO), such as pain and fatigue, have led to an NIH sponsored Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures Information System (PROMIS). PRO supplement physician reported outcomes… Continue Reading
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