Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy produces significant excess weight loss in both morbidly obese and super obese patients – initial experience from a tertiary care university teaching hospital.
Pawanindra Lal, MSFRCSEdFRCSGlasgFRCSEngFACS, Anubhav Vindal, MSMRCSEd, FCLS, Lovenish Bains, MSFCLS. Division of Minimal Access Surgery, Maulana Azad Medical College & Lok Nayak Hospital, New Delhi.Introduction Surgical treatment of morbid obesity comprises of restrictive, malabsorptive and combined restrictive and malabsorptive procedures. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has evolved as a stand-alone procedures for treatment of morbid obesity… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, With Or Without Antrum Preservation and Its Effects On Food Tolerance, Body Composition and Quality of Life.
M Paris, A Molina, F Sabench, A Bonada, E Raga, S Blanco, A Sanchez, A Munoz, M Hernandez, M Vives, Ml Pinana, J Domenech, Daniel Del Castilo. Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus. Universitat Rovira i VirgiliOBJECTIVES: To assess the optimal distance between the pylorus and the beginning of the section of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Small Bowel Resection for Adult Ileoileal Intussusception Secondary To Inflammatory Fibroid Polyp
Chebrolu Gowthami, Dr. Pari Muthukumar, Dr. Jayanth Leo, Dr. Vishwanath M Pai. Sri Ramachandra UniversityAdult Intussusception is a very rare condition accounting for 1% of all adult bowel obstruction and 5% of all cases of intussusception. Adult Intussusception is almost always due to a demonstrable underlying pathology primarily caused by tumors. 80% of the tumors… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Spleen-preserving Distal Pancreatectomy: A video Presentation
Sopark Manasnayakorn, MSc, MD, PhD, Patpong Navicharern, MD. Chulalongkorn UniversitySerous Cystadenoma at the tail of the pancreas is not uncommon. The case presented demonstrates a minimally invasive approach for splenic vessels- and spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy for serous cystadenoma at the tail of the pancreas with highlighted steps of the procedure. Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Spleen Preserving Distal Pancreatectomy for Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasm of The Pancreas
Koray Karabulut, MD1, Mehmet Ruhi Onur, MD2, Ibrahim Hanifi Ozercan, MD3, Kenan Binnetoglu, MD1, Leyla Kilic, MD4. 1Firat University School of Medicine General Surgery Department, 2Firat University School of Medicine Radiology Department, 3Firat University School of Medicine Pathology Department, 4Firat University School of Medicine Medical Oncology DepartmentThis video presents the case of a surgical procedure… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Splenectomy: An Initial Experience of Management of Isolated Blunt Traumatic Splenic Injury.
Turki Al Qurashi, MD1, Asem Ghasoup, MD, FACS, MRCPS1, Omar Sadieh, MD, FACS, MRCPS2, Abdul Rahaman Al Abas, MD1. 1Security Forces Hospital-Makkah, 2Saad specialty HospitalObjectives: To evaluate outcome of laparoscopic splenectomy (LS) for isolated blunt traumatic splenic injury (TSI). Background: Minor splenic injuries from blunt trauma can be treated conservatively, whereas high-grade injuries require surgical… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic splenectomy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura using LeGEART method.
Takeshi Aoki, Takeshi Naitoh, Takanori Morikawa, Katsuyoshi Kudoh, Shinobu Ohnuma, Naoki Tanaka, Tomoya Abe, Hiroaki Musha, Michiaki Unno. Department of Surgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. We have innovated a novel surgical procedure for Laparoscopic splenectomy (LS), which is called as Left gastrio-epiploic artery traction (LeGEART) method, mainly for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP). [Background]… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic splenectomy for portal hypertension secondary to liver cirrhosis: Ligasure combined with ultrasound scalpel versus ultrasound scalpel
Mingjun Wang, Xin Wang, Hua Zhang, Yunqiang Cai, Bing Peng. West China HospitalIntroduction: Hypersplenism and enriched collateral circulation due to liver cirrhosis increase the risk of hemorrhage,which is the leading cause of conversion to laparotomy. Recently, a novel vessel sealing system, Ligasure, has been widely used in laparoscopic surgeries. The purpose of this study is… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Sub-total Colectomy with Anti-peristaltic ileosigmoid anastomosis(ZHU’s operation) for the treatment of slow-transit constipation?therapeutic evaluation(36 cases report)
Anlong Zhu. the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityObjective :To assess the operative outcomes after laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic ileosigmoid anastomosis (ZHU’s operation or LSCAISA)for the slow-transit constipation. Methods:reviewed January 2009 and May 2014 the patients with slow-transit constipation underwent laparoscopic subtotal colectomy with antiperistaltic.The following pre-operative information were collected: the number of… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Surgery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Nationwide Analysis of Trends and Outcomes
Mark H Hanna, MD1, Grace S Hwang, MD2, Michael J Phelan, PhD3, Alessio Vinci, MD1, Joseph C Carmichael, MD1, Alessio Pigazzi, MD, PhD1, Michael J Stamos, MD1, Steven Mills, MD1. 1University Of California - Irvine, Dept of Surgery, 2University of Southern California, Dept of Surgery, 3Department of Statistics, University of California IrvineIntroduction: Laparoscopic–assisted surgery for… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Three-Port Sleeve Gastrectomy: a Single Institution Case Series
Ricard Corcelles, MD, PhD, Dvir Froylich, MD, Mena Boules, MD, Christopher R Daigle, MD, Philip R Schauer, MD, Thomas Rogulaz, MD, PhD. Cleveland ClinicBackground: Further minimization of abdominal wall trauma during laparoscopic bariatric surgery is a topic of great interest. Reducing the number of trocars may provide superior cosmetic results with less pain and shorter… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Toupet fundoplication for GERD after POEM.
Yulia Zak, MD, Ozanan R Meireles, MD, David W Rattner, MD. Massachusetts General HospitalOBJECTIVES: Peroral endoscopic myotomy (POEM) has been shown to be a new effective minimally invasive laparoendoscopic approach to achalasia. However, long-term outcomes of this procedure are yet to be determined. This is a case of a 74-year-old woman who underwent a POEM… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic transgastric necrosectomy for the management of wall-off pancreatic necrosis (with video)
Ang Li. Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medcial UniversityA 61 year-old male patient with wall-off pancreatic necrosis(WOPN) requiring debridement in the lessor omental bursa was evaluated. Debridement was performed via a laparoscopic transgastric approach using 3 ports. The duration of operation was 150 minutes. Control of the necrosis was achieved via the single procedure without postoperative complications.… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Treatment for Large Retrograde Gastroesophageal Intussusception After Failed Endoscopic Management
Jeffrey R Watkins, MD, Houssam G Osman, MD, Rohan Jeyarajah, MD. Methodist Dallas Medical CenterIntroduction: We present a case of a patient with a history of achalasia and subsequent repair who presented with recurrent episodes of retrograde gastroesophageal intussusception. Retrograde gastroesophageal intussusception (RGEI) is a rare cause of gastrointestinal obstruction in which all layers of… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Treatment of Hydatid Cyst of the Liver: A Single Institutional Experience
Ibrahim A Salama, MDPhD1, Mohammed Elhosany, MD2, Elamir M Amir3. 1Deaprtment of Hepatobiliary Surgery,National Liver Institute,Menophyia University,Egypt, 2Department of Radiology,National Liver Institute,Menophyia University, Egypt, 3Department of Parsitology,National Liver Institute,Menophyia University,EgyptObjective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of laparoscopic ally treated hydatid cysts of the liver in our institutional experience.… Continue Reading