LAPAROSCOPIC PARAESOPHAGEAL HIATAL HERNIA REPAIR IN A 13 MONTH OLD INFANT
Amanda B Sosulski, MD1, Sathyaprasad Burjonrappa, MD, FACS2, Charles V Coren, MD, FACS1, Collin Brathwaite, MD, FACS2. 1NYU Winthrop, Stony Brook Medicine, 2NYU WinthropINTRODUCTION: Paraesophageal hiatal hernia (PHH), is an uncommon entity in infants with variable clinical presentation and symptomatology. Patients can be completely asymptomatic or more commonly have feeding difficulties or respiratory issues, rarely… Continue Reading
Optimizing Sleeve Gastrectomy Technique Using Near Infrared Camera and Lighted Bougie
David Kelly, MD, Salim Abunnaja, MD, Lawrence Tabone, MD, David Borgstrom, MD, Nova Szoka, MD. West Virginia UniversityThis video demonstrates how laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy technique can be improved with the use of a near infrared camera and a lighted bougie. This is a novel technique, as the near infrared camera is used without concurrent indocyanine… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Pseudoachalasia after Failed Paraesophageal Hernia Repair
Julietta Chang, MD1, Ivy N Haskins, MD2, Arielle J Perez, MD3, Ajita S Prabhu, MD4, David M Krpata, MD4, Michael J Rosen, MD4. 1Massachusetts General Hospital, 2George Washington University, 3University of North Carolina, 4Cleveland Clinic FoundationAchalasia is a rare disease characterized by aperistalsis of the esophagus and incomplete relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter due… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic Management of Pulmonary Hydatidosis: A New Standard of Surgical Care
Ajay Bhandarwar, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, FLCS, Shubham Gupta, MS, Amol Wagh, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, Saurabh Gandhi, MS, FMAS, FALS, Chintan Patel, MS, FMAS, FBMS, Eham Arora, MS, Jasmine Agarwal, Gagandeep Talwar. Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IndiaCystic Echinococcosis is a common affliction in… Continue Reading
LAPAROSCOPIC LEFT HEPATECTOMY WITH DIRECT GLISSONIAN APPROACH IN A PATIENT WITH A PARTIALLY RUPTURED ADENOMA
Jose Julio R Monteiro Filho, MD, Paulo Jose M Macedo, MD. Private PracticeLaparoscopic hepatectomy is a new procedure with several technical options. We present a video showing our technique as we are doing it since 2007. In this case it's a 36 years old patient that presented with a subacute case of abdominal pain due… Continue Reading
Robotic Assisted Removal of Magnetic Esophageal Sphincter with Fundoplication
Michael P Meara, MD, MBA, FACS, Colleen Alexander, MD, Cole Rodman, David B Renton, MD, FACS, Jennifer Schwartz, MD. The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterBACKGROUND: Magnetic esophageal sphincter augmentation is a relatively new technique for management for reflux beyond traditional medications. The long-term outcomes of this device and concerns for potential failure or erosion… Continue Reading
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Situs Inversus – Testing Ergonomics
Ajay Bhandarwar, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, FLCS, Jasmine Agarwal, Shirish Bhagvat, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, Amol Wagh, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, Saurabh Gandhi, MS, FMAS, FALS, Chintan Patel, MS, FMAS, FBMS, Shubham Gupta, MS, Eham Arora, MS, Gagandeep Talwar. Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IndiaSitus Inversus… Continue Reading
Purely Laparoscopic Extended Right Hemihepatectomy for Hepatocellular carcinoma with Bile Duct Tumor Thrombus
Kil Hwan Kim, MD, YoungRok Choi, MD, Ho-Seong Han, MD, PhD, Yoo-Seok Yoon, MD, PhD, Jai Young Cho, MD, PhD. Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, KoreaBackground: Laparoscopic liver resection was first introduced in the 1990s and has been performed throughout the world. Since then, surgical techniques & instruments related with laparoscopic surgery have greatly advanced.… Continue Reading
HYBRID LAPARO-ENDOSCOPIC REMOVAL OF A MAGNETIC SPHINCTER AUGMENTATION DEVICE
Andrew T Strong, MD1, Michael Musso, DO2, Jonathon Wanta, BA3, Kevin El-Hayek, MD1. 1Cleveland Clinic, 2OhioHealth Affinity Medical Center, 3Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineThis video describes a hybrid endoscopic and transgastric laparoscopic technique to remove a magnetic sphincter augmentation device discovered to be eroded into the lumen of the gastrointestinal tract at the… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Conversion of a Vertical Banded Gastroplasty to Sleeve Gastrectomy in a Morbidly Obese Patient with a Complicated Medical History
Cigdem Benlice, MD, Heath J Antoine, MD, Philip R Schauer, MD. Cleveland Clinic FoundationOur patient is a 58-year-old female with morbid obesity and a BMI of 41. Her past medical history was significant for hypertension, diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea. She had initially undergone an open vertical banded gastroplasty and cholecystectomy in 2002 followed by… Continue Reading
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Ex Vivo Bovine Model : A Diagnostic and Therapeutic Endoscopy Training Model
Jaspreet Sandhu, MD1, Carl Winkler, MD2, Xiaohong Yan, PhD2, Chandana Herath Mudiyanselage, PhD2, Vesna Cekic, RN2, Nipa Gandhi, MD2, Richard Whelan, MD2. 1Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, 2Mount Sinai West HospitalIntroduction: Flexible endoscopy is an integral part of General and Colorectal Surgery. The American Board of Surgery (ABS) now mandates endoscopy training and successful completion… Continue Reading
LaparoThoracoscopic Esophagectomy, The Ivor Lewis Procedure
Luis F Zorrilla-Nunez, MD, Raul Rosenthal, MD, Matthew Lange, MD, Ramarao Ganga, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD. Cleveland Clinic FloridaWe present the case of a 57 year old man with PMH significant for progressive dysphagia (initially to solids and progressed to liquids) and esophagitis with esophageal stricture that was not amendable to… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Revision of Gastrojejunal Anastomosis with Reconstruction
Luis F Zorrilla-Nunez, MD, Raul Rosenthal, MD, Kandace Kichler, MD, Ramarao Ganga, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD. Cleveland Clinic FloridaThis is the case of a 43 year old female with a history of an antecolic antegastric Roux en Y Gastric Bypass performed laparoscopically at an outside facility approximately 16 years prior. Postoperatively,… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Roun-en-Y Gastric Bypass and Paraesophageal Hernia Repair with Posterior Reinforcement using Remnant Gastropexy
Jessica Ardila-Gatas, MD, Linden Karas, MD, Ali Aminian, MD. Cleveland ClinicIntroduction: In patients with morbidly obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is the procedure of choice, since it solves both problems. Repair of paraesophageal hernias remains a challenge for the general surgeons. Complete reduction of the hernia sac, adequate intra-abdominal… Continue Reading
SINGLE-INCISION LAPAROSCOPIC RESECTION OF A DEEP LOCATED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA ON A CIRRHOTIC PATIENT: THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION BASED ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Shu-Hung Chuang, MD, PhD, Dev-Aur Chou, MD, Shih-Wei Huang, MD, Min-Chang Hung, MD, Jimmy Chunmin Su, MD, Hurng-Sheng Wu, MD. 1. Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan 2. IRCAD-AITS Show Chwan Health Care System, Changhua, TaiwanINTRODUCTION: Single-incision laparoscopic surgery or laparoendoscopic single-site surgery is an alternative to conventional… Continue Reading