Gastroesophageal Reflux is Common After Both Sleeve and Band; GER is Precancerous Lesion; a Warning to Surgeons and Patients: the Band and Sleeve May Lead to GER and Esophageal Cancer
R Rutledge, MD Center for Laparoscopic Obesity Surgery The Link between gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and esophageal cancer is undeniable. "There is a strong and causal relation between gastroesophageal reflux and esophageal adenocarcinoma."(1) Hundreds of other studies support this conclusion. Therefore an intervention that significantly increases the rate and severity of GER can be predicted to… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Has the Surgical Care Improvement Project (scip) Antibiotic Protocol Delivered on Its Promise?
Ali Mahmood, MD, Robert Carman, DO, Chadi Faraj Colorectal Surgical Assoicates, Baylor College of Medicine, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston Introduction: The SCIP protocol was instituted primarily by the centers for medicaid and medicare. One key goal was to have the antibiotics administered in a timely fashion to help decrease post operative… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
How Many Supervised Colpotomies Should General Surgeons Do to Safely Engage in Transvaginal NOTES?
Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD, David Desilets, MD, Vimal Narula, MD, Robert Fanelli, MD, Daniel J Scott, MD, Kurt Roberts, MD Carolinas Healthcare System, Yale University, multiple Introduction: The transvaginal (TV) access is one of the most commonly used approaches to NOTES procedures. Unfortunately, training and or credentialing guidelines that ensure the safety of this approach… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Identifying Educational Gaps and Exploring the Role for Virtual Patients in the Training and Evaluation of Decision-Making for Laparoscopic Inguinal Hernia Repair
Andrea M Petrucci, MD, Jessica Ruglis, PhD, Susanne P Lajoie, PhD, Gerald M Fried, MD, Liane S Feldman, MD, Melina C Vassiliou, MD McGill University Health Center, McGill University INTRODUCTION Surgeons have been slow to adopt laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair (LIHR) in part due to the protracted learning curve for both technical skills and clinical… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Improving Laparoscopic training using mobile devices and interactive media with Augmented Reality (AR) technology.
Alex G Nagy, MD, Shahram Payandeh, PhD, Andrew Nagy UBC and SFU Since the introduction of laparoscopic techniques, in general surgery in 1985, the question of how to best train new surgeons in laparoscopy continues to be a prevailing issue for practitioners. (Darzi, Smith & Taffinder, 1999) In order to master laparoscopic skills, the trainee… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Laparoscopic distal gastrectomy with D2 LN dissection in advanced gastric cancer
Kyo Young Song, MD Seoul St.Mary's Hospital A 34 year-old woman underwent laparoscopic distal subtotal gastrectomy with D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer. According to the Japanese guideline, we have done classical D2 lymphadenectomy for #4d, 4sb, 5, 6, 7, 8a, 12a, 9, 11p, 1, and 3. All procedures including reconstruction were performed intracorporeally.… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Laparoscopic Skills Acquisition Using Two Dimension and Three Dimension Visual Systems: A Randomized Control Study
Badriya S Alaraimi, MD, Shah-Jalal Sarker, PhD, Walid S ElBakbak, MSc, Ahmad Al-Marzouq, MSc, Sundus Makkiyah, MSc, Richie G. Goriparthi, MSc, Vincent Quan, BSc, Bijendra Patel, FRCS Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London and Barts and the London Hospitals Objectives: To compare performance of novices on three dimension (3D) and two dimension (2D)… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
MIS Fellow’s Experience with Ambulatory True Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Learning Curve and Training Technique
Julie Ann E Corcoran, DO, Frederick Sabido, MD, FACS Richmond University Medical Center, Affiliate of Downstate Medical Center, Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery ABSTRACT: MIS Fellows should be able to master single incision laparoscopic (SILS) cholecystectomy after a limited number of cases. INTRODUCTION: The competence of graduating general surgery residents in both open and laparoscopic… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Operative Error Analysis Within the English National Training Programme for Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery (LAPCO)
Hugh Mackenzie, MBBS, BSc, MRCS, Melody Ni, Dr, Danilo Miskovic, Mr, Mark G Coleman, Mr, George B Hanna, Professor Imperial College London Introduction A sign-off assessment was introduced to ensure that delegates of the English National Training Programme (lapco) are reaching a high operative standard before starting independent practice in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. This involves… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Operative Time Is an Effective Tool to Evaluate Intraoperative Performance for Procedure-specific Tasks in Totally Extraperitoneal Herniorrhaphy (TEP)
Tung T Tran, MD, MSc, Vinay Singhal, MD, Ryan Juza, MD, Eric Pauli, MD, Ann Rogers, MD, Randy Haluck, MD, Jerome Lyn-Sue, MD Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center INTRODUCTION: The widespread adoption of totally extraperitoneal herniorrhaphy (TEP) has created challenges in the evaluation and training of surgeons. The development of assessment tools for… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Pilot Curriculum for Teaching Residents Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS)
Matthew Zapf, BA, Nancy Schindler, MD, Jose Velasco, MD, Vivek Prachand, MD, Michael Ujiki, MD NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine INTRODUCTION - Single-incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) has become a popular modality, however curricula to educate residents in this technique is lacking. We developed a step-wise curriculum to teach senior level… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Prospective randomised controlled blinded study to evaluate the effect of short term focused training program in laparoscopy on operative room performance of surgery resident.
Virinder K Bansal, MS, FACS, M C Misra, Rahul Raveendran, Hemanga K Bhattacharjee, Karthik Rajan, Subodh Kumar, Asuri Krishna Minimally Invasive Surgery Training Center, Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical sciences, New Delhi, IntroductionThe role of training in laparoscopic surgery cannot be overemphasised. There are various methods of laparoscopic training ranging from… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Rationale for the Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy(tm) (fuse) Educational Program
Liane S Feldman, MD, Pascal Fuchshuber, MD, PhD, Daniel B Jones, MD, Jessica Mischna, BA, Malcolm G Munro, MD, Steven Schwaitzberg, MD, Fuse Task Force McGill University, The Permanente Medical Group,Harvard Medical School, SAGES, UCLA, Cambridge Health Alliance Introduction: Energy devices are ubiquitous in modern operating rooms. The combination of electrical current, heat generation, the… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Robotic-Assisted Colorectal Procedures in the Elderly.
Rami Makhoul, MD, Sam Luka, MD, Samir Agarwal, MD, Ashley Tirona, Vincent J Obias, MD George Washington University BACKGROUND:The robotic system is being adopted as a minimally invasive modality for colorectal resections in many institutions. The advantages, including stable platform, dexterity and better visualization have been well established in the literature. However, data on the… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Short-Duration Virtual-Reality Simulation Training Positively Impacts Performance During Laparoscopic Colectomy in an IMAL Model: Results of a Randomized Trial.
Sergio E Araujo, MD, PhD, Conor P Delaney, Md, MCh, PhD, Victor E Seid, MD, Antonio R Imperiale, MD, Paulo Herman, MD, PhD, Sergio C Nahas, MD, PhD, Ivan Cecconello, MdPhD Colorectal Surgery Division at University of Sao Paulo Medical Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil and Case Western Reserve University Center for Skills and Simulation, Cleveland,… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation