Multi-center Study of Ksharasutra in the Management of High Anal Fistula-A Clinical Study
iNTRODUCTION:The disease, high anal fistula is a common ano-rectal disorder as old as mankind and usually results as a sequel to some varieties of ano-rectal abscesses and is a challenge to surgeons still today. Fistula-in-ano has been recognized as special distinct entity for thousands of years. In the fifth century B.C. Hippocrates advocated the laying… Continue Reading
Multi-institutional Experience of Minimally Invasive Inguinal Lymph Node Dissection (milnd) for Melanoma
Objective: The most frequent site of spread of melanoma is to the regional lymph nodes. Operative intervention remains the mainstay of treatment and necessary for cure. Unfortunately, lymph node dissection is associated with significant morbidity. Three prospective trials report complications in over 50% of patients undergoing inguinal lymph node dissection; these include wound infections, wound… Continue Reading
Multi-module Robotic Surgery Training for Otolaryngology With Integrated Objective Assessment
Anand Malpani, Martin Curry, DO, Thomas Tantillo,, Amod Jog, Ray Blanco, MD, Patrick Ha, MD, Joesph Califano, MD, Jeremy Richmon, MD, Rajesh Kumar, PhD. Johns Hopkins University, Greater Baltimore Medical Center Introduction: Robotic surgery training studies in the literature often focus on massed training composed of a small set of console operated training tasks.… Continue Reading
Multiple Sensors System to Evaluate Minimally Invasive Surgery Trainees
Sami Abusnaineh, MS, Brent W Seales, PhD. University of Kentucky The typical techniques for assessing the performance of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) for surgeons and trainees are direct observation, global assessments, and checklists. These techniques are more subjective than objective and provide for a large margin of bias. Therefore, evaluating the skills of MIS… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Technology Assessment
National Utilization of Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colon Resection: An Analysis of Recent Trends
Allyson H Stone, MD MS, Stefan Holubar, MD MPH, Samuel Finlayson, MD MPH. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, USA INTRODUCTION.A relatively slow rate of rise in the proportion of elective colon resections performed laparoscopically prior to 2005 was shown in a prior study of national inpatient data. Since 2004, several published studies showed significant… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Natural Orifice Specimen Extraction Versus Conventional Laparoscopically Assisted Anterior Resection: A Case-matched Study in 104 Patietns
Won Ho Choi, MD, Gyu-seog Choi, MD, Jun Seok Park, MD, Soo Yeun Park, MD, Hye Jin Kim, MD, Jong Pil Ryuk, MD. Colorectal Cancer Center, Kyungpook National University Medical Center, Daegu, Korea Introduction: This case–control study compared the clinical outcomes of laparoscopic anterior resection with natural orifice specimen extraction (NOSE) and the conventional… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Colorectal
Needle-Assisted Single-incision Laparoscopic (naslap) Liver Surgery
Minoru Tanabe, MD PhD, Shigeyuki Kawachi, MD PhD, Osamu Itano, MD PhD, Masahiro Shinoda, MD PhD, Minoru Kitago, MD PhD, Norihito Wada, MD PhD, Yuko Kitagawa, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine INTRODUCTION: Single–incision laparoscopic surgery is becoming more common for a multitude of laparoscopic procedures. However, there are few… Continue Reading
Needle for Abdominal Wall Closure
Background: Laparoscopic surgery is increasingly present in our midst. There are some complications related to the use of portal namely bleeding, internal hernia, pain and bruising of the wall. The closing of the gates in our view it is important to minimize complications on bariatric surgery . There are on market tools that greatly facilitates… Continue Reading
Needlescopic Surgery in Patients With Acute Abdomen
Efthymios Poulios, MD, Konstantinos P Economopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Tsakayannis, MD, Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Tranoudakis, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD FACS. Department of Surgery, "Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece Introduction: The needlescopic laparoscopic procedures provide minimal scars, minimal tissue injury, probably less postoperative pain, and analogous to conventional… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
New Approach for Transperitoneal Left Adrenalectomy
V.v. Grubnik, Prof, O.s. Burlak, V.v. Ilyashenko. Odessa national medical university Background. Endoscopic left adrenalectomy can be performed using either a retroperitoneal or transperitoneal approach.The aim of this study was to develop a new transperitoneal approach for left adrenalectomy, and evaluate the safeness of this surgical technique. Methods. Design of study – cohort prospective… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
New Area in Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: Devices for Mesh Introducing, Placing and Deploying
Background: The modern Meshes for intraperitoneal Ventral hernia repair create a barrier for bowel adhesion beside of capability of incorporation into the abdominal wall. Groin meshes become less irritating by reducing mesh weight and having bigger porosity. In spite of meshes progression and guidelines for the recommended surgical techniques the adaptation of Lap Hernias repair… Continue Reading
New Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches – Notes, Less Mini: Which Is the Preferred Among Patients?
Gustavo L Carvalho, PhD, Diego L Lima, Student, Adriano C Sales, Student, Rafaela L Gouveia, Student, Rebeca G Rocha, Student, Eduardo F Chaves, Student, José Sérgio N Silva, MD. Oswaldo Cruz Universitary Hospital - University of Pernambuco - Faculty of Medical Sciences BACKGROUND: The recent advances in laparoscopic surgery developed new technologies that can… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Education / Simulation
New Modification of Laparoscopic Colectomy By Nose and SILS With Virtual Ports
Hwei-ming Wang, MD, Feng Fan Chiang. Taichung Veterans General Hospital Introduction The NOTES (natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery) and SILS (single incision laparoscopic surgery) were two recent progresses in minimally invasive surgery. The effort of NOTES and SILS was try to decrease the numbers of ports and minimized the size of incision in laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Minimally Invasive Other
New Quality in Single Port Surgery – An Innovative Surgical Technique With Fully Reusable Instruments
The recent development of minimally invasive surgery is characterized by the search for ways of further reducing access trauma for example through the use of natural orifices (NOTES) or the concentration of several individual accesses on a single incision (Single Port Surgery, SPS). Meanwhile, commercially marketed instruments have proven the technical and clinical feasibility of… Continue Reading
New Technology for Minimally-invasive Treatment of Symptomatic Grade I and II Hemorrhoids: Prospective Pilot Study With 1-year Follow-up.
Objective. To describe initial clinical experience with new minimally-invasive device for the treatment of symptomatic Grade I and II hemorrhoids. Background. The symptomatic Grade I and II hemorrhoids are currently treated using rubber band ligation or other modalities such as infrared coagulation, RF bipolar energy or direct current. While these methods are relatively simple,… Continue Reading