Measurement of Bacterial Contamination During Colorectal Resection Is an Inadequate Model for Natural Orifice Transvisceral Surgery
Melissa S Phillips, MD, Chike Chukwumah, MD, Joseph Trunzo, MD, Bradley Champagne, MD, Conor P Delaney, MD, Harry Reynolds, MD, Eric Marderstein, MD, Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, Sharon L Stein, MD, Jeffrey M Marks, MD. University Hospitals, Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH Introduction: Many reports have been published showing bacterial contamination as a model of safety… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
Measuring Surgical Recovery in the Elderly Using Patient-Centered Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Daniel Newman, BSc, Isabelle Vedel, MD PhD, Liane S Feldman, MD FACS FRCSC, Simon Bergman, MD MSc FRCSC. Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital Department of Surgery, McGill University/ Health Centre, Solidage-Universite de Montreal Rescearh Group on Frailty and Aging, Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery Objective: Surgical recovery, the "return to… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Mediastinoscopic Transhiatal Esophagectomy for Carcinoma of the Lower Third of the Esophagus Using On-The-Table Endoscopy
A Miura, MD PhD, Y Izumi, MD PhD, T Ryotokuji, MD, T Kato, MD, M Yoshida, MD PhD. Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital BACKGOUND: Minimally invasive esophagectomy without thoracotomy has the potential advantages of an easier recovery after operation and fewer pulmonary complications. We introduced mediastinocopic transhiatal esophagectomy for the patients… Continue Reading
Mesh fixation compared to non-fixation in TEP IHR: An RCT in a rural hospital estting
Pankaj Garg, MBBS MS, Srijith Nair, MBBS MS, Geetha R Menon, PhD, Jai D Thakur, MBBS, Mohamed Ismail, MBBS MS. 1.Fortis Super Specialty Hospital,Mohali, India 2.Moulana Hospital, Perianthalmanna, Kerala, India 3. Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India 4. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA Background- Previous studies have shown… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Mesh Fixation with a Barbed Anchor Suture Results in Significantly Less Strangulation of the Abdominal Wall
Calvin Lyons, MD, Rohan Joseph, MD, Nilson Salas, MD, Patrick R Reardon, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD. The Methodist Hospital Introduction: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair using an underlay mesh frequently requires suture fixation across the abdominal wall which results in significant postoperative pain. This study investigated the utility of a novel… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Meta-Analysis of Leak After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy for Morbid Obesity
Alexander Aurora, MD, Leena Khaitan, MD, Alan Saber, MD. University Hospitals Case Medical Center INTRODUCTION: Sleeve gastrectomy is becoming a more common procedure in the realm of bariatrics. Its success has been questioned by proponents who query its efficacy and risk of staple-line leak. Bariatric surgeons will appreciate the data compiled herein to better inform… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Meta-Analysis of Studies Looking Into Staple Versus Fibrin Glue Mesh Fixation in Laparoscopic Total Extra Peritoneal Repair of Inguinal Hernia
Amit Kaul, MD, Susan Hutfless, PhD, Senan A Hamed, MD, Kevin Tymitz, MD, Hamilton Le, MD, Hien Nguyen, MD, Michael Marohn, MD. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine INTRODUCTION - Fixation of mesh is typically performed to minimize risk of recurrence in laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. Mesh fixation with staples has been implicated as a… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Metastatic signet cell GC: An unusual presentation
Alexander Ramirez Valderrama, MD, Dan Ruiz, MD, Venkata R Kakarla, MD, Alexander Kraev, MD, Stephen Merola, MD FACS, Litong Du, MD FACS, James Turner, MD FACS. New York Hospital Queens Signet ring cell gastric carcinomas are characterized by poor prognosis and potential to infiltrate the gastric wall. Until 29% of patients with gastric cancer had… Continue Reading
Method of Expanding Applications in Single Incisional Laparoscopic Hepatectomy: The Utility of Radio Wave Pre-Coagulation and Soft Coagulation
Mitsuo Miyazawa, MD PhD FACS, Masayasu Aikawa, MD PhD, Katsuya Okada, MD PhD, Yasuko Toshimitsu, MD PhD, Kojun Okamoto, MD PhD, Kenichirou Takase, MD, Shigeki Yamaguchi, MD PhD, Isamu Koyama, MD PhD. Saitama Medical University International Medical Center Controlling bleeding is one of the several issues requiring breakthroughs to expand the application of single incisional… Continue Reading
Methodist Advanced (MAD) Skills Drills : Modification of a Box Trainer to Enable ‘Off Axis’ Training in Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
Rohan A Joseph, MD, Brian J Dunkin, MD, Barbara L Bass, MD, Patrick R Reardon, MD. Methodist Institute for Technology, Innovation and Education (MITIE), Deaprtment of Surgery, The Methodist Hospital, Houston -TX Introduction: Standard laparoscopic surgery utilizes a triangulated configuration of the instruments with respect to the camera. This on-axis configuration is seldom encountered in… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Miniature Surgical Robot for Laparoendoscopic Single-Incision Colectomy
Tyler D Wortman, BS, Oleg Dolghi, MD, Amy C Lehman, MS, Ryan L McCormick, Shane M Farritor, PhD, Dmitry Oleynikov, MD. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of Nebraska Medical Center Introduction: The objective of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of using a multi-functional miniature in vivo robotic platform to perform a single- incision colectomy.… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Robotics
Minimal Invasiveness of Laparoscopic Left Hepatic Lobectomy: A Special Reference to Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
Tohru Utsunomiya, MD, Mitsuo Shimada, MD, Satoru Imura, MD, Yuji Morine, MD, Tetsuya Ikemoto, MD, Jun Hanaoka, MD, Shuichi i Iwahash, MD, Yu Saito, MD, Nobuhiro Kurita, MD, Hidenori Miyake, MD. Department of Surgery, The University of Tokushima [Background]We have reported in the 2010 SAGES Annual Meeting that both laparoscopic left lateral segmentectomy (Lap-LLS) and… Continue Reading
Minimally Invasive Colorectal Resection Is Associated with Decreased Levels of the Tumor Growth Inhibitor Plasma Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4 (angptl4) During the First Month After Surgery Which May Promote Angiogenesis and Tumor Growth
HMC Shantha Kumara, PhD, Daniel Kirchoff, MD, Sajith A Herath, BS, JoonHo Jang, MD, Xiaohong Yan, PhD, Vesna Cekic, RN, Richard L Whelan, MD. St Luke Roosevelt Hospital Center, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery,New York,NY 10019,USA Introduction: Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) is a secreted protein of the angiopoietin-like family. ANGLPT4 mRNA is frequently found… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Colorectal
Minimally Invasive Esophago- Gastrectomy with Intra Thoracic Anastomosis (ivor-Lewis)
C Palanivelu, MCH FACS FRCS, S Rajapandian, MS DNB, R Sathiyamurthy, MS, P Praveenraj, MS, R Parthasarathi, MS, V Vaithiswaran, MS. GEM Hospital Introduction:Commonest type of Gastro esophageal junction growth in our region is Siewert type III with involvement of the cardia. After resection with adequate margin, the length of the stomach tube might not… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymphadenectomy for Nodal Micrometastatic Melanoma
Joseph J Skitzki, MD, Sydney Lillard, MD, John M Kane III, MD. Roswell Park Cancer Institute Objective: The potentially curative treatment for nodal metastatic melanoma is lymphadenectomy. In the sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy era, a superficial (inguinal) lymph node dissection is usually sufficient to address the microscopic nodal metastatic disease. As the majority of… Continue Reading