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LAPAROSCOPIC EXCISION OF EPIPHRENIC DIVERTICULUM WITH HELLER MYOTOMY IN AN OCTAGENARIAN.

Maria C Fonseca, MD, Cristian Milla, MD, Carlos Rivera, MD, Joel S Frieder, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, Raul Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaEpiphrenic esophageal diverticulum is considered a false diverticulum as only compromises de mucosa and submucosa. Clinical manifestations appear when it achieves approximately… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic excision of intra abdominal esophageal duplication cyst- A rarity

Girish D Bakhshi, MS, MRCS, DNB, FCPS, MNAMS, FMAS, FIAGES, Jai Rathore, MBBS, Ajay H Bhandarwar, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, Amol N Wagh, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, Shraddha D Gangawane, MS, Ruchira Bhattacharya, MBBS. Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, IndiaEsophageal duplication cysts ( EDC) are congenital… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a single center 12 year experience and learning curve

Carlo Marino, MD, Cristián Jarry, MD, Vanessa Ahumada, Fernando Crovari, MD, Rodrigo Muñoz, Nicolás Quezada, Enrique Norero, Julián Varas, Pablo Achurra. Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileBackground: Laparoscopic gastrectomy has shown to be a feasible approach for gastric cancer but involves long learning curves. As a learning curve progress, operating time, complications and conversion rates commonly… Continue Reading

Type:
Posters
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic Gastrojejunostomy Revision and Takedown of Gastrogastric Fistula

Sahil Gambhir, MD, James Nguyen, MD, Shaun Daly, MD, Brian R Smith, MD, Ninh T Nguyen, Marcelo W Hinojosa, MD. University of California Irvine Medical CenterINTRODUCTION: Although a gastrogastric fistula formation after a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) remains infrequent, the complications including weight gain remain prominent. METHODS: This is 60 year old male with a… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Metabolic / Obesity

Laparoscopic Guided Transversus Abdominis Plane block following Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy is associated with an earlier return to activity. A study of 271 patients.

Ziyad Nasrawi, MD, Toni Beninato, MD, FACS, Krystyna Kabata, PA, Stella Iskandarian, BS, Michael E Zenilman, MD, FACS, Piotr Gorecki, MD, FACS. NYP Brooklyn Methodist HospitalObjective: Laparoscopic guided transversus abdominis plane (LGTAP) block following laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) has been proposed as a method of improving perioperative pain control in bariatric patients. In this study,… Continue Reading

Type:
Podium Presentations
Topic:
Metabolic / Obesity

Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy for Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonia Following Gastric Bypass

Courtney L Devin, MD, Andrew M Brown, MD, Michael J Pucci, MD, Francesco Palazzo, MD. Thomas Jefferson UniversityThe video shows the steps undertaken for a laparoscopic Heller myotomy for recurrent aspiration pneumonia following gastric bypass. While the incidence of achalasia and other esophageal motility disorders in the bariatric population are unknown, it should be treated when… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy in a Patient with Situs Inversus of Liver

Syed Abbas, MD, Ziad T Awad, MD, FACS, Ruchir Puri, MD, FACS. UFlorida - JacksonvilleAchalasia is a rare esophageal motility disorder that has an incidence of 1 in 100,000 Americans. The predominant symptom is dysphagia. Three distinct subtypes are described based on high resolution manometry. A surgical or endoscopic myotomy is the treatment of choice.… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic Hepatectomy of the Middle Lobe

Yaojun Zhang, Yangxun Pan, Jinbin Chen, Li Xu, Dandan Hu. Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer CenterA 39-year-old female patient presented with a 55 x 40 mm liver mass in the middle lobe. She was clinically diagnosed to have primary liver cancer, with serum alpha fetoprotein (AFP) level 212.8 ng/ml. Surgical procedure are listed as below: 1)… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Robotics

Laparoscopic hepatic cyst fenestration with biliary leak repair

Usah Khrucharoen, Yen-Yi Juo, Andrew Scott, Erik Dutson. UCLAIn this video, we present a patient with progressive polycystic liver disease undergoing laparoscopic hepatic cyst fenestration. The patient had previously undergone 4 prior laparoscopic hepatic cyst fenestration, yet her abdominal pain and distension recurred due to disease progression. The aim of this operation is to reduce the total… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Biliary

LAPAROSCOPIC HEPATICO-DUODENOSTOMY FOR CHOLEDOCHAL CYSTS IN ADULTS

Ajay H Bhandarwar, MS, FMAS, FIAGES, FAIS, FICS, FBMS, FLCS1, Ravindra Ramadwar, MS, MCH, DNB, FRCS, Paed, surgery2, Nidhisha Sadhwani, MBBS1, Shivang D Shukla, MBBS3, Amol Wagh, MS, FAIS, FMAS, FBMS, FALS, FIAGES, FICS1, Eham Arora, MSDNB1, Shekhar Jadhav, MS, FMAS1, Amarjeet Tandur, MS1. 1Grant Government Medical College & Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai,… Continue Reading

Type:
Exhibit Hall Video Theater Presentations
Topic:
Biliary

Laparoscopic Hiatal Hernia Repair Following Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy

Jarvis Walters, DO1, Jeremy Holzmacher, MD1, Fred Brody, MD, FACS2. 1George Washington University Medical Center, 2Veterans Affairs Medical CenterDuring esophagectomy, the diaphragmatic hiatus is often widened to prevent an obstructed conduit, increasing the potential risk of hiatal hernia.  This video depicts laparoscopic repair of a patient who presented with a Type IV hiatal hernia containing… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

LAPAROSCOPIC IMPLANTATION OF GASTRIC STIMULATOR AND ENDOSCOPIC PYLOROMYOTOMY

Maria Fonseca, MD, Cristian Milla Matute, MD, Rene Aleman, MD, Tolga Erim, DO, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, PhD, FACS, FASMBS, Samuel Szomstein, MD, FACS, FASMBS, Raul J Rosenthal, MD, FACS, FASMBS. Cleveland Clinic FloridaThere is no consensus on the ideal surgical treatment for medically refractory gastroparesis (GS). More evidence however exists on the benefits of… Continue Reading

Type:
Exhibit Hall Video Theater Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

LAPAROSCOPIC INCISIONAL HERNIA REPAIR WITH SIMULTANEOUS GASTRIC BYPASS IN A MORBID OBESE PATIENT

Enrique Arias, MD1, Angel Henriquez, MD1, Luis Martinez, MD1, Alexander Ramirez, MD, FACS2. 1INTERLAP, 2Tallahassee Memorial Hospital41 years-old male with a long term history of morbid obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemias and obstructive sleep apnea, he came for a bariatric procedure. He had an open appendectomy 25 years ago, and 15 years later he felt a growth… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Abdominal Wall Hernias

LAPAROSCOPIC INTRAGASTRIC RESECTION VIA COMBINED LAPAROENDOSCOPIC TECHNIQUE WITH MUCOSAL CLOSURE

Alexandra W Elias, MD, Timothy A Woodward, MD, Steven P Bowers, MD. Mayo Clinic FLThis video demonstrates laparoscopic intragastric resection via combined laparoendoscopic technique with mucosal closure. A 43-year-old female underwent an upper endoscopy for chronic nausea, and a submucosal tumor was revealed in the gastric cardia, just distal to the gastroesophageal junction. Endoscopic ultrasound… Continue Reading

Type:
Video Loop Presentations
Topic:
Foregut

Laparoscopic lateral pelvic node dissection after neoadjuvant chemo-radiation for locally advanced rectal cancer (Wang’s approach)

Zheng Liu, Xishan Wang. National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical CollegeWe demonstrate the technique for laparoscopic lateral pelvic node dissection (LLPND) for rectal cancer patients with suspicion of LLN metastases after neoadjuvant chemo-radiation. The principle of this approach is en bloc resection with… Continue Reading

Type:
Podium Video Presentations
Topic:
Colorectal
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