Laparoscopic Repair of Diastasis of Recti
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, P S Rajan, V Vaithiswaran, Singh Jasmeet, Jai Ganesh. GEM Hospital & Research Centre IntroductionRectus abdominis diastasis or divarication of recti is a term used to define the split between the two rectus abdominis muscles. It is common in pregnancy and persists in 30-60% of… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Repair of Hiatal Hernia With Dor Fundoplication After Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Patient With Intractable GERD and Retained Gastric Body
Andre Teixeira, MD MBA MPH, Carolina Ampudia, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD FACS FASMBS, Raul Rosenthal, MD FACS FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic Florida Introduction: Sleeve gastrectomy is one of the newest procedures and one of the fastest growing surgeries in the bariatric armamentarium. Technical details of the sleeve are important and failure to adhere to strict… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Resection of the Extra Hepatic Bile Duct and Biliary Reconstruction for Congenital Biliary Dilatation
Takeshi Naitoh, MD FACS, Takanori Morikawa, MD, Masahiro Iseki, MD, Masayuki Kakyo, MD, Naoki Tanaka, MD, Kazuhiro Watanabe, MD, Fuyuhiko Motoi, MD, Toshiki Rikiyama, MD, Yu Katayose, MD, Shinichi Egawa, MD FACS, Michiaki Unno, MD. Tohoku University Hospital, Department of Surgery Laparoscopic procedure requiring the biliary reconstruction is quite challenging operation. The bilio-enterostomy requires… Continue Reading
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- HPB
Laparoscopic Revision of Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass: Resection of Gastrojejunal Anastomosis, Trimming Gastric Pouch, and a Proximal Remnant Gastrectomy
Abraham Fridman, MD, Rena Moon, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD FACS FASMBS, Raul Rosenthal, MD FACS FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic Florida Introduction: Bariatric surgery is becoming more popular and widespread throughout the world, and long-term complications are being diagnosed more frequently. The surgical management that is often necessary should be handled in highly specialized and experienced… Continue Reading
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic Roux En Y Hepaticojejunostomy After Bismuth IV Bile Duct Injure
Augusto C Tinoco, PhD, Luciana El-kadre, PhD, Livia Rodrigues, MD, Renam Tinoco, PhD. HOSPITAL SÁO JOSE DO AVAI A young female patient, 35 years old, arrived at the Emergency Room with severe jaundice and a history of 3 months of laparoscopic cholecistectomy in another service and a laparotomy days after. She was submitted to… Continue Reading
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- HPB
Laparoscopic Single Incision Anterior Resection
C Palanivelu, P Senthilnathan, P Praveen Raj, R Parthasarthi, S Rajapandian, Jai Ganesh. GEM Hospital & Research Centre Background: Single incision laparoscopy is rapidly gaining acceptance as evidenced by increasing body of reported literature. Single incision anterior resection is indicated mainly in various benign and malignant diseases sigmoid colon and rectum. Recent reports are… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Splenectomy for Splenic Artery Aneurysm in a Pregnant Patient
Amit Kaul, MD, Ulises Garza, MD, Angela Echeverria, MD, Felipe Maegawa, MD, Carlos Galvani, MD. Section of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Arizona IntroductionSplenic artery aneurysms (SAA) are a rare entity, and commonly diagnosed incidentally. They are the third most common site of intra-abdominal aneurysms. Its association with pregnancy… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic Total Colectomy With Transvaginal Removal of the Colon and Ileorectal Anastomosis
Ziad T Awad, MD FACS, Keyur Chavda. University o fFlorida College of Medicine - Jacksonville 40 year old female with lower GI bleeding. Colonoscopy showed 2 lesions (transverse and sigmoid colon), biopsies from both showed adenocarcinoma. CT scan showed large metastatic lesion at segment VIII liver (biopsy positive adenocarcinoma). PET scan showed another lesion at the back… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Laparoscopic Trans-gastric Resection of Lesser Curvature Gist
Mahmoud Abu Gazala, MD, Abed Khalaileh, MD, Yael Kopelman, MD, Harold Jacob, MD, Ram Elazary, MD, Avraham I Rivkind, MD, Yoav Mintz, MD. Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center We present a case of a 65 year old male with a 2.5cm GIST in the lesser curvature of the stomach. In our previous experience of… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Foregut
Laparoscopic Transabdominal Hernioplasty of a Lumbar Hernia of the Grynfelt – Lesshaft Triangle
Juan D Hernandez, MD. Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Universidad de los Andes We present the case of a 51 years old lady with a reproduced right lumbar hernia. The first intervention was planned for a lumbar lipoma, but a hernia of the Grynfelt- Lesshaft triangle was found and repaired. After two years the… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Minimally Invasive Repair of a Delayed Stricture and Salvage of a Reversed Gastric Tube
John J Tiedeken, MD, Lance Uradomo, MD, Fred Brody, MD MBA. The George Washington University Medical Center Ingestion of caustic agents may result in severe scarring and stricture formation of the esophagus. Unfortunately, these injuries occur in pediatric patients. A reversed gastric tube esophagoplasty is an option for definitive surgical management of severe esophageal… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Minimally-invasive Separation of Components Without Laparoscopy
Jonathan Carter, MD, Ankit Sarin, MD, Matthew Lin, MD, George Allman, MD. University of California - San Francisco Separation of components may improve results of incisional hernia repair. Recently, laparoscopic techniques to perform separation of components have been described that preserve perforator vessels to the skin flap, but are time-consuming and costly. We present an… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Notes Total Colectomy in a Human Cadaver
Kyung Su Han, MD, Dae Kyung Sohn, MD PhD, David W Rattner, MD, Patricia Sylla, MD. Massachusetts General Hospital We describe NOTES total colectomy with transanal and transgastric assistance in a male cadaver. The distal rectum was occluded by placing a pursestring suture approximately 2 cm above the dentate line, above the sphincter complex.… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Peroral Endoscopic Myotomy for Esophageal Achalasia
Amy K Yetasook, BA, Jin-cheng Zhao, MD, Michael B Ujiki, MD. NorthShore University HealthSystem Background: Optimal treatment that is minimally invasive is at the foundation of many laparoscopic procedures including those aimed at relieving the symptoms of patient with achalasia, a rare but well delineated primary esophageal motility disorder. The demonstration of the ability… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Pure Laparoscopic Anatomical Liver Posterior Segmentectomy in Semi-prone Position.
Tetsuo Ikeda, MD PhD, Yoshihiko Maehara, MD PhD. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Introduction: Pure laparoscopic liver resection is an effective treatment for hepatic cancer that has spread rapidly. However, its use is limited to tumors that are present in the lower edge and… Continue Reading
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- HPB