Laparoscopic Versus Open Approach in the Management of Appendicitis Complicated With Peritonitis
Felipe Quezada, MD, Ricardo Mejia, MD, Nicolas Quezada, MD, Oslando Padilla, Alex Escalona, MD, Nicolas Jarufe, MD, Fernando Pimentel, MD. Department of Digestive Surgery, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. INTRODUCTION: In the last few years, laparoscopy has become the standard of care in most of abdominal surgical pathologies. Laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopic Versus Open Gastrectomy for Gastric Adenocarcinoma: Long-term Outcomes From a Large Scale Multicenter Study.
Hyung-ho Kim, MD PhD, Hyuk-joon Lee, MD, Gyu Seok Cho, MD, Sang-uk Han, MD, Min-chan Kim, MD, Seung Wan Ryu, MD, Wook Kim, MD, Kyo Young Song, MD, Woo Jin Hyung, MD, Seong Yeob Ryu, MD. Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; Department of Surgery,… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Versus Open Hernia Repair, Results From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample
P D Colavita, MD, A L Walters, MS, V B Tsirline, MD, A E Lincourt, PhD, B T Heniford, MD. Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Introduction: Laparoscopic ventral hernia repair has become increasingly popular since its inception. The purpose of this study is to compare laparoscopic and open ventral hernia repair with mesh in… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Vision Port
ObjectiveImprove the efficiency and accuracy of maintaining visual exposure of the operative field during laparoscopic surgery and mimic the multiple simultaneous views of standard open surgical approaches. This accomplishes the added benefit to allow for fewer ports and assistants. This system will provide multiple, simultaneous views that are in full control of the surgeon and… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy in Morbidly Obese Patients (bmi>40): A NSQIP Analysis
Muhammad Asad Khan, MD, Roman Grinberg, MD, Stelin Johnson, RPAC, John N Afthinos, MD, Karen E Gibbs, MD. Staten Island University Hospital BACKGROUND: Morbid obesity has become a major global health problem and, as such, treating common surgical problems must factor this into determining best care practices. Laparoscopic appendectomy is commonly employed as a… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic vs. Open Appendectomy in Obese Patients
Muhammad Asad Khan, MD, Roman Grinber, MD, Stelin Johnson, RPAC, Johan N Afthinos, MD, Karen E Gibbs, MD. Staten Island University hospitals INTRODUCTION: Prevalence of obesity in adults older than 20 years of age is 34%. Although laparoscopic surgery has been widely adapted as the standard of the care, it is still unclear if… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Laparoscopic vs. Open Splenectomy: the Impact of Spleen Size On Outcomes
Ali Ardestani, MD, Ali Tavakkolizadeh, MD. Brigham and Women's Hospital Background: Although Laparoscopic Splenectomy (LS) has become the standard of care for small to moderate spleens, Open Splenectomy (OS) is still recommended by many in cases of splenomegaly. We set out to assess the impact of spleen size on LS and OS outcomes using… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopic Wedge Resection for Gastric Submucosal Tumor Using Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Cooperative Surgery (lecs)
Yasushi Rino, PhD, Norio Yukawa, PhD, Roppei Yamada, PhD, Tsutomu Sato, PhD, Masanori Inamori, PhD, Yasunobu Abe, PhD, Tomoko Koide, PhD, Takashi Oshima, PhD, Toshio Imada, PhD, Munetaka Masuda, PhD. Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University BackgroundLaparoscopic wedge resections are increasingly applied for gastric submucosal tumors such as gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST). Despite this,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Technology Assessment
Laparoscopic Wedge Resection of the Stomach for Early Gastric Cancer
Tsutomu Sato, Yasushi Rino, Koichiro Yamaoku, Hirohito Fujikawa, Daisuke Inagaki, Roppei Yamada, Takashi Oshima, Norio Yukawa, Toshio Imada, Munetaka Masuda. Department of surgery, Yokohama City University, School of Medicine Background. Sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) mapping has been recently introduced to the field of gastric cancer. The aim of the present study was to evaluate… Continue Reading
Laparoscopically Assisted Massive Splenectomy : A Preliminary Report of the Technique of Early Hilar Devascularization
Pornthep Prathanvanich. TAKSIN HOSPITAL BACKGROUND Laparoscopic splenectomy has been safely performed for small spleens, but technical limitations have prevented massive splenectomy. We describe a technique of early hilar devascularization to enable massive splenectomy in five patients. Massive splenectomy was performed with minimal blood loss and no morbidity. Early laparoscopic control of the splenic artery… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopy-Assisted Distal Gastrectomy With D2 Lymph Node Dissection : Our Initial Experience
Masahiko Nishizaki, MD, Syunsuke Kagawa, MD, Futoshi Uno, MD, Hiroyuki Kishimoto, MD, Toshiyoshi Fujiwara, MD. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan Background: To expand the indication of laparoscopy-assisted distal gastrectomy (LADG) for advanced gastric cancer, D2 lymph node (LN) dissection is required as the standard procedure in accordance with the guide… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Laparoscopy-Assisted Gastrectomy As Additional Treatment After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer
H Mieno, S Sakuramoto, T Shibata, M Nemoto, K Yamashita, N Katada, S Kikuchi, M Watanabe. Depertment of Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine Background: Recently, endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) has been aggressively used to treat early gastric cancer. The growing number of patients undergoing ESD has been accompanied by an increasing number of… Continue Reading
Laparoscopy Assisted Proximal Gastrectomy in Gastric Cancer : Short Term Clinical Outocome and Functional Study
Tomotaka Shibata, Shinichi Sakuramoto, Hiroaki Mieno, Masayuki Nemoto, Nobue Futawatari, Keishi Yamashita, Natsuya Katada, Shirou Kikuchi, Masahiko Watanabe. Department of Surgery Kitasato University BackgroundLaparoscopy assisted proximal gastrectomy (LAPG) has become prevalent for early gastric cancer (EGC) located in the upper stomach in Japan. However, standard reconstruction method is not defined. PatientsFrom May 2006 through… Continue Reading
Laparoscopy Decreases Pulmondary and Wound Morbidity After Splenectomy.
Neil H Bhayani, MD, Sharon Ong’uti, MD MPH, Tolulope Oyetunji, MD MPH, Erin Hall, MD MPH, Edward E Cornwell Iii, MD FACS FCCM. Howard University College of Medicine Department of Surgery, Georgetown University School of Medicine Department of Surgery CONTEXT: Minimally invasive surgery is considered the gold standard for some surgical diseases. Often the… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Solid Organ and Endocrine
Laparoscopy Impacts Outcomes Favorably Following Colectomy for Ulcerative Colitis: A Critical Analysis of the Acs-nsqip Database
Marlin W Causey, MD, Derek P Mcvay, MD, Eric K Johnson, MD, Justin A Maykel, MD, Matthew J Martin, MD, David Rivadeneira, MD, Scott R Steele, MD. Madigan Healthcare System; University of Massachusetts; St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center INTRODUCTION: Varying outcomes have been reported for the numerous surgical approaches for ulcerative colitis (UC).… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal