Laparoscopic Repair of a Chronic Traumatic Diaphragmatic Hernia
Etienne Auger-Dufour, MD, Gerald Fried, MD, Liane Feldman, MD, Lorenzo Ferri, MD PhD. Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Center Case presentationThis video demonstrates the laparoscopic repair of a chronic traumatic diaphragmatic hernia in a 44 year-old female patient. She had a motor vehicle crash fifteen years ago. She is now presenting with abdominal pain… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Laparoscopic Repair of Duodenal Ulcer Perforation in the Setting of Metastatic Disease
Alfredo C Cordova, MD, Kartik Logishetty, BSc, Bruce R Gibson, MD, Dmitry Nepomnayshy, MD. Lahey Clinic Medical Center. Burlington, MA. Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Baltimore, MD. The perforation of a duodenal ulcer is a surgical emergency that is most commonly repaired using the Graham patch technique via a laparatomy. We present a laparoscopic repair of… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Repair of Intrathoracic Stomach in Elderly Symptomatic Patients with No Conversion and Zero Mortality
Althaea Greenstone, MD, Paul Suding, MD, Teresa Kim, MD, Gregory Broderick-Villa, MD, Rupert Horoupian, MD, Steven Stanten, MD, Ajay Upadhyay, MD. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, Oakland and Berkeley, California & St. Rose Hospital, Hayward, California. INTRODUCTION Surgical repair of intrathoracic stomach in the elderly remains controversial. Advanced age with multiple associated co-morbidities is perceived… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Resection of a Perforated Duodenal Diverticulum
Abdelrahman A Nimeri, MD FACS, Mohammed B Al Haddad, MD. SKMC/Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. Surgery Institute, Division of General, Thoracic, and Vascular Surgery Introduction:Duodenal diverticula (DD) are fairly common anatomical entities present in 22 – 23 % of autopsy series. Diverticula of the duodenum & small intestine rarely cause clinical problems. Symptomatic DD present with… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Resection of an Esophageal Duplication Cyst
Ross F Goldberg, MD, Michael Parker, MD, John A Stauffer, MD, Horacio J Asbun, MD FACS, C. Daniel Smith, MD FACS, Steven P Bowers, MD FACS. Mayo Clinic - Florida Esophageal duplication cysts are rare congenital lesions. There have been a small number of reported cases of these lesions being treated in the adult population… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Resection of Primary Gastric Extraosseous Osteosarcoma
Timothy R Barnett, MD, Diya I Alaedeen, MD. Cleveland Clinic, Fairview Hospital Introduction: Extraosseous osteosarcomas are extremely rare. There are less than two hundred cases reported in the literature. Method: We report a rare case of primary gastric extraosseous osteosarcoma. The laparoscopic approach was utilized in resection of the tumor.Results: An otherwise healthy 72 year… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Revision of Esophagomyotomy
Michael Edye, MD FACS, Ramin Roohipour, MD, Leon Kushnir, MD, Barry Jaffin, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y. Esophagomyotomy remains the most effective long-term solution for achalasia and results in symptomatic relief in more than 90% of patients. Failure rates have been quoted as high as 17% necessitating further endoscopic interventions such… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Gists Over 5cm in Size: Is It Feasible and Safe?
Yasuaki Miyazaki, MD, Kiyokazu Nakajima, MD, Yukinori Kurokawa, MD, Syuji Takiguchi, MD, Hiroshi Miyata, MD, Makoto Yamasaki, MD, Yoshiyuki Fujiwara, MD, Toshirou Nishida*, MD, Masaki Mori, MD, Yuichiro Doki, MD. Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Osaka Police Hospital* Background: Based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network sarcoma… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Volvulus
Nobuyasu Kano, MD PhD FACS, Masaru Abe, MD, Takeshi Shimizu, MD, Hiroshi Kusanagi, MD PhD, Akihiko Takeshi, MD PhD, Makio Mike, MD PhD, Shigetoshi Yamada, MD, Yu Watarai, MD PhD, Akira Tsunoda, MD PhD, Motoji Fukazawa, MD, Noritsugu Naito, MD, Ken . Kameda Medical Center A technique for laparoscopic fixation of the stomach to the… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Surgery for Synchronous Gastric and Colorectal Cancer: Report of Three Cases
Yuichiro Miki, MD, Masanori Tokunaga, MD, Taiichi Kawamura, MD, Etsuro Bando, MD, Yutaka Tanizawa, MD, Yusuke Kinugasa, MD, Hideyuki Kanemoto, MD, Katsuhiko Uesaka, MD, Masanori Terashima, MD. Shizuoka Cancer Center Background Gastric cancer (GC) and colorectal cancer (CRC) are found as double cancer most frequently for each other. Increasingly, laparoscopy-assisted gastrectomy (LAG) and laparoscopy-assisted colorectal… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer Patients
TATSUSHI SUWA, MD PhD, KAZUHIRO KARIKOME, MD, NAOKI ASAKAGE, MD PhD, EISHI TOTSUKA, MD PhD, NAOKAZU NAKAMURA, MD PhD, KEIGO OKADA, MD, TOMONORI MATSUMURA, MD. Kashiwa Kousei General Hospital INTRODUCTION Laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) has not become as popular as laparoscopic distal gastrectomy because of the more difficult reconstruction technique. To reduce the technical difficulties,… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Totalgastrectomy and D2 Lymphadenectomy for Gastric Cancer and Intracorporeal Roux-En-Y Reconstruction Using Oro-Gastric Anvil, Over 120 Cases Experiences
Hitoshi Satodate, Dr, Haruhiro Inoue, Dr, Junichi Tanka, Dr, Shin-ei Kudo. Digestive Disease Cemter, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital IntroductionLaparoscopic gastrectomy (LTG) for gastric cancer is becoming popular procedure in Japan. In our institution, 141 cases of the gastric cancer patients were operated last year and almost 90% of the patients were performed laparoscopic. One… Continue Reading
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- Posters of Distinction
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Transhiatal Esophajectomy After Failed Heller Myotomy Through Left Thoracotomy
Nestor de la Cruz-Munoz, MD, Alan Livingstone, MD. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A 47 year old male with a long history of Achalasia had previously undergone a Heller Myotomy through a left thoracotomy. His symptoms returned, and the patient presented with a tortuous and poorly functioning esophagus. A totally laparoscopic transhiatal esophajectomy… Continue Reading
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic transhiatal extended gastrectomy with D2 lymphadenectomy & intra-mediastinum anastomosis for Type II/III EGJC: A report of 63 cases
Ziqiang wang, MD PhD, YuanChuan Zhang, MD, Cun Wang, MD. department of gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery, West China hospital,Sichuan university Background: The incidence of esophagogastric junction cancer(EGJC) is rising dramatically both in western countries and in China. For siewert type I EGJC, the optimal procedure is Ivor-lewis operation. For type II EGJC, the surgical treatment… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Treatment of Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome
Erik G Lough, MD, Sam Rossi, MD, Albeir Mousa, MD FACS. WVU - Charleston Division, CAMC Health Sciences Institute This is a video abstract case presentation of a young female with typical symptoms of Median Arcuate Ligament (MAL) Syndrome and findings of celiac artery compression on abdominal angiogram. The patient was treated by laparoscopic decompression… Continue Reading
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- Foregut