Racial Variation in the Distribution of Demographics, Body Mass, and Weight-related Medical Co-morbidities Among the Morbidly Obese: Analysis of 5,389 Bold Database Patients.
Ezekiel Adewale, DO, Gus J Slotman, MD. Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Inspira Health Network, Vineland, NJ. Objective/Background: The purpose of this study was to identify variations in weight, BMI, and obesity co-morbidities among the most severely overweight patients. As the obesity epidemic grows, morbidly obese patients with the highest BMI carry the greatest risk… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Single-incision laparoscopic cholecystojejunostomy with ileum interposition for malignant biliary obstruction
Shuodong Wu, Hong Yu, Yu Tian, Yongnan Li, Min Li. Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University. Background: Palliative biliary bypass is a major management for malignant obstructive jaundice. Various modalities of biliary bypass and different fashions of biliary reconstruction have been reported. Herein we introduce a new approach of biliary reconstruction-cholecystojejunostomy with ileum interposition using… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Analysis of Outcomes for Single Incision Right Colectomy Reveals a Minimal Learning Curve
Katherine A Kirk, MD, Brian A Boone, MD, Leonard Evans, MD, Steven Evans, MD, David L Bartlett, MD, Matthew P Holtzman, MD. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. INTRODUCTION Single incision right colectomy has emerged as a safe and feasible alternative to standard laparoscopic resection. As with any new surgical approach, definition of the number of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Effect of Rowachol On Prevention of Postcholecystectomy Syndrome After Laparoscopic Colecystectomy
In Woong Han, MD, Do Young Lee, MD, Oh Chong Kwon, MD, Min Gu Oh, MD, PhD, Seung Eun Lee, MD, PhD. Departments of Surgery, Dongguk University College of Medicine, Goyang, South Korea. INTRODUCTION: The postcholecystectomy syndrome (PCS) is characterized by abdominal pain following gallbladder removal. The purpose of this trial is to determine whether… Continue Reading
“Adult Pancreatic Hemangioma” case report and literature review
Unenbat Gurbadam, MD. National Cancer Center of Mongolia. Introduction: Pancreatic hemangioma is very rare and hardly suspected clinically due to their nonspecific symptoms and diagnostic characteristics. We report an adult pancreatic hemangioma diagnosed on pathological specimen review following laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy with splenectomy for a two cystic mass in the body of the pancreas. Case… Continue Reading
Laparoscopy in the Developing World: Perceptions of Patients At Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana About Laparoscopy
Setri Fugar, Adam Gyedu. Dept. of Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology; Directorate of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Background: Laparoscopy has become the gold standard for many surgical cases in the developed world. It however, remains a rarity in developing countries for several reasons, a major one being cost. This study aimed… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery for the difficult cholecystectomy
Hirotaka Sasada, MD, Fuminori Wakayama, MD, Kohji Nagao, MD, Tadashi Iwabuchi, MD, Nobuo Yagihashi, MD, Shunnichi Takaya, MD. Seihoku Central Hospital. Backgound: Single Incision Laparoscopic Surgery (SILS) is currently popular because it is less invasive. In many cases, SILS is performed for easy cholecystectomy. Here, we report SILS that was performed for all patients with… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other
Role of Routine Intraoperative Cholangiography during Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Ashwani Kumar, MBBS, MS, Upasna Kumar, MBBS, MS, Anand Mungaday, MBBS, Ashvind Bawa, MBBS, MS. Government Medical College, Patiala (Punjab). India. Introduction: The study was undertaken to assess the utility, safety and cost effectiveness of routine intraoperative cholangiography (IOC) during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) which can represent a systemic approach for avoiding common bile duct (CBD)… Continue Reading
Open inguinal hernia repair with the combined use of a self-fixating mesh and elective neurectomy: a long-term follow-up
Dimitrios Tsakayannis, MD, PhD, Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD. Department of Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, Athens,Greece. BACKGROUND : Mesh fixation and nerve entrapment are potential causes of immediate and chronic postoperative pain in open inguinal hernia repair. To minimize these risks, a self-gripping mesh along with routine elective neurectomy was used in a series of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Single-incision versus standard 4-port laparoscopic cholecystectomy: A single institute retrospective study
Noriaki Kameyama, PhD, Ryohei Miyata, PhD, Masato Tomita, MD, Hiroaki Mitsuhashi, MD, Shigeaki Baba, PhD. International Goodwill Hospital. Background: We introduced the single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) in May 2009 for selective cases with less inflamed gallbladders. Our indication of SILC was expanded for all the cholecystectomies in 2010. We tested various approaches including SILS portTM,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Minimally Invasive Other
Antegrade Wire, Rendezvous Cannulation of the Biliary Tree May Reduce the Incidence of Post-ERCP Pancreatitis
Ryan M Juza, MD, Randy S Haluck, MD, Ann M Rogers, MD, Jerome R LynSue, MD, Eric M Pauli, MD. Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Introduction: Post-procedural pancreatitis (PPP) is a common serious complication of therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) with a reported incidence of up to 10%. Multiple cannulation attempts,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
An Observational Study of Latent Inguinal Hernias During Laparoscopic Surgery for Other Sites
Yuka Mine, Fumihiko Fujita, Daisuke Kawahara, Takehiro Mishima, Yasuhiro Torashima, Shinichiro Ito, Shigeki Minami, Kengo Kanetaka, Mitsuhisa Takatsuki, Tamotsu Kuroki, Susumu Eguchi Eguchi. Department of Surgery, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. Background: The incidence of inguinal hernia is reported to be approximately 1.5% in the Japanese population. The purpose of this study was… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
A method for measuring copper absorption using a short-lived isotope (64Cu)
Paul M Tasker, FRCS, Joan Braganza, DSc, FRCP, Harbans Sharma, MSc, PhD, DSc. Manchester Royal Infirmary. INTRODUCTION: Clinical studies were carried out to validate the measurement of 64Cu absorption by a computer-assisted deconvolution. METHOD: After an oral dose of 64Cu (250 µCi), a plasma appearance curve was derived over 10 h from sequential blood samples.… Continue Reading
Sentinel Lymph Node identification with a fluorescent dye in colorectal cancer: a comparison of two injection techniques
M Ankersmit, MSc, Jwj de Haan, Mhgm van der Pas, MD, Majm Jacobs, MD, PhD, Nct van Grieken, MD, PhD, Wjhj Meijerink, MD, PhD. VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Introduction We present a novel technology for laparoscopic sentinel lymph node (SLN) mapping in colorectal cancer patients. The sentinel lymph node (SLN) procedure is… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
Assessment of Performance During Advanced Laparoscopic Fellowship- A Single Subject Design
Iman Ghaderi, MD, MSc, Yoon Soo Park, PhD, Lauriane Auvergne, BBA, Timothy M Farrell, MD. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. INTRODUCTION: The objective of this study was to investigate the acquisition of advanced laparoscopic technical skills and to determine the association between continuous self-assessment of a trainee and that of an attending, using… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation