VASCULAR SURPRISES IN CALOT’S TRIANGLE DURING LAPROSCOPIC CHOLEYSTECTOMY
Tariq Nawaz, MD. Rawalpindi Medical UniversityStudy Design: Prospective and observational study. Place and Duration: From January, 2012 to July 2017. Surgical Unit ll, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi. Patients and Methods: Thousand patients with a diagnosis of cholithiasis were included. Exclusion criteria are patient younger than 12 year and older than 80 year. Calot’s triangle dissection was done… Continue Reading
Various Techniques for Transvaginal Extraction in Laparoscopic Colectomy
Christina Y Koh, MD, Mehraneh D Jafari, MD, Alessio Pigazzi, MD. University of California Irvine Medical CenterThis video demonstrates various techniques for transvaginal extraction in laparoscopic colectomy. For the first case we show a laparoscopic right colectomy with a transvaginal extraction of the specimen through a posterior vaginotomy in a patient with a small uterus. … Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Variability in Cost for Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy: A National Analysis
Vikrom K Dhar, MD, Koffi Wima, MS, Brad M Watkins, Shimul A Shah, MD, Jonathan R Thompson, MD. University of CincinnatiObjective: Determinants of cost for laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) are poorly defined. We aim to characterize the variability in cost for LSG at the national level and identify which factors are predictive of increased cost.… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
VAMIS-assisted rectocele repair: Expanding the applications of TAMIS
Marc Dakermandji, MD1, Ashley Althoff, DO2, Sam Atallah1. 1Florida Hospital, 2LECOMVaginal access minimally invasive surgery (VAMIS) utilizes a platform of transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) and places it transvaginally. Previously, our center has described the use of VAMIS for rectovaginal fistula repair and cadaver hysterectomy. To our knowledge, the use of the VAMIS platform for… Continue Reading
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Value of a dual console in the introduction of robot-assisted colectomy
Yoshiyuki Sakamoto, PhD, Hajime Morohashi, PhD, Takuya Miura, PhD, Kentarou Satou, MD, Kenichi Hakamada, PhD. Hirosaki UniversityIntroduction: Robot-assisted colectomy may compensate for some of the disadvantages of conventional laparoscopic surgery by providing detailed high-vision three-dimensional images and magnified vision, forceps joint function, and preventing hand tremors. These attributes of robot surgery may be particularly useful… Continue Reading
VALIDATION OF SIMULATOR FOR ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPED SUTURING SKILLS 2nd report
Munenori Uemura, PhD1, Noriyuki Matsuoka2, Morimasa Tomikawa, MD, PhD1, Makoto Hashizume, MD, PhD1. 1Kyushu University, 2Kyoto Kagaku CompanyINTRODUCTION: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the validity of our developed system for assessing suturing skills in laparoscopic surgery (Fig. 1). We have updated numbers of participants and a comparison method compared with the last… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
VALIDATION OF A VIRTUAL FLS INTRACORPOREAL SUTURING SIMULATOR
Yaoyu Fu1, Lora Cavuoto, PhD1, Trudi Qi, PhD2, Karthik Panneerselvam2, Venkata S Artikala, PhD3, Andinet Enquobahrie, PhD3, Suvranu De, PhD2, Steven D Schwaitzberg, MD4. 1University at Buffalo, 2Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 3Kitware, Inc., 4University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical SciencesINTRODUCTION: Intracorporeal suturing is one of the most important and difficult procedures in laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
Vagal nerve blocking device explantation: case series and report of operative technique
Tarin C Worrest, MD1, Bruce M Wolfe, MD1, Samer G Mattar, MD2, Erin W Gilbert, MD1. 1Oregon Health and Sciences University, 2Swedish Medical CenterIntroduction: Vagal nerve blockade with the vBloc device (Enteromedics, St. Paul, MN) has been shown to provide sustained weight loss for patients with moderate obesity at two years. These devices occasionally require… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
UTILIZATION OF LAPAROSCOPY ASSOCIATED WITH BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA: THE NATIONWIDE INPATIENT SAMPLE 2004 – 2014
Kenneth W Bueltmann1, Marek Rudnicki2. 1Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Il, 2University of IllinoisIntroduction: The incidence of trauma and its heavy burden upon the healthcare system remain strong. Paradigm shifts in the management of these cases has, however, improved the mortality in such cases. It can be expected that improvements in management, when combined… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Utility of fibrin glue in robotic transversus abdominis release (RTAR)
Zachary Sanford, MD, Adam S Weltz, Igor Belyansky, MD. Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Medical CenterIntroduction: The use of mesh fixation devices has become a subject of increasing debate in the minimally invasive surgical community, with recent data suggesting mesh fixation devices do not afford significant intraoperative and postoperative benefits in surgical outcomes. This relationship… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Using ROTEM® to Evaluate the Relationship Between Obesity and Hypercoagulability. Are we doing enough?
Daniel S Urias, MD, Paul Williams, MD, Jennifer Silvis, DO, Thomas Simunich, MS, MBA, Russell Dumire, MD, FACS, D'arcy Duke, MD. Conemaugh Memorial Medical CenterIntroduction: Venous thromboembolic (VTE) disease is a rare life-threatening condition, yet one of the most commonly reported causes of death after bariatric surgery. Prevention is critical; however, ideal agents, dosage, bleeding… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
Using Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation for Treatment of Extra-esophageal Symptoms
Steven G Leeds, MD, Marc Ward, MD, Brittany Buckmaster, PA, Estrellita Ontiveros, MS. Baylor University Medical Center at DallasBackground: Gastric contents can reach beyond the esophagus into the larynx and pharynx causing an increasingly prevalent disease called laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR). Magnetic sphincter augmentation (MSA) has been used as an alternative treatment for GERD with good… Continue Reading
Usefulness of the Rubric evaluation as the qualitative evaluation of the laparoscopic training.
Takashi Iwata1, Masashi Akaike1, Jun Higashijima2, Takuya Tokunaga2, Masaaki Nishi2, Hideya Kashihara2, Chie Takasu2, Daichi Ishikawa2, Mitsuo Shimada2. 1Research Center for Education of Health Bioscience, The University of Tokushima Graduate School, 2Department of Digestive Surgery, Tokushima University Graduate SchoolBackground: It is important that making individual procedures a language, and an objective qualitative evaluation for the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Usefulness of “One-stop shop” simulation for liver surgery using EOB-MRI
Mitsuo Shimada, MD, Shuichi Iwahashi, MD, Yuji Morine, MD, Satoru Imura, MD, Tetsuya Ikemoto, MD, Yu Saito, MD, Hiroki Teraoku, MD, Jun Higashijima, MD. Tokushima UniversityAim: We have reported a possibility of “One-stop shop” simulation for liver surgery by MRI using gadolinium-ethoxybenzyl-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (EOB-MRI) (Emerging technology, SAGES 2017)., which is characterized by (1) one-time… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Usefulness of Novel device ” Tip Suction forceps” for laparoscopic-assisted distal gastrectomy
Nobuyuki Sakurazawa, MD1, Masao Miyashita1, Shigeki Yokomuro1, Satoshi Matsumoto1, Youichi Kawano1, Akihisa Matsuda1, Kazuya Yamahatsu1, Eriko Shinozuka1, Junichiro Harada1, Kumiko Sekiguchi1, Fumihiko Ando1, Hiroki Masuda1, Manpei Kawashima1, Shintaro Kanaka1, Hiroshi Makino2, Eiji Uchida3. 1Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusou Hospital, 2Nippon Medical School Tama Nagayama Hospital, 3Nippon Medical School Main HospitalBackground: Endoscopic surgery has been widely… Continue Reading
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- Posters