Reduced Port Cholecystectomy vs Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Comparison Study
Andreas Kiriakopoulos, MD, Dimitrios Tsakayannis, MD, Dimitrios Linos, MD. Department of Surgery, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece Background: Reduced port cholecystectomy either as needlescopic or hybrid-SILS cholecystectomy challenges the classic laparoscopic approach since it holds the promise of a smaller footprint and perhaps improved patient outcome. We present our comparative results, retrospectively, between these different… Continue Reading
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The Quality of Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification in Japan in the Section of Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Sumio Matsumoto, PhD, Hiromi Tokumura, Dr, Yuichi Yamashita, Professor, Taizo Kimura, DMsc, Toshiyuki Mori, Professor, Fumio Konishi, Professor, Seigo Kitano, Professor, Masaki Kitajima, Professor. ESSQS Committee of the Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery Purpose: The Japan Society for Endoscopic Surgery (JSES) started Endoscopic Surgical Skill Qualification (ESSQS) in 2004, and carried out seven… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Technique for the Treatment of Hematocolpos Due to an Obstructed Uterine Horn.
Alexey Markelov, MD, Holy Hedrick, MD FAAP FACS. Easton Hospital, Drexel University School of Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A uterine malformation is a type of female genital malformation resulting from an abnormal development of the Mullerian ducts during embryogenesis. The prevalence of uterine malformation is estimated to be 0.4% in the general… Continue Reading
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LSG for gastric leiomyosarcoma in MO patient: A case for collaboration
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Ajay Jain, MD, Mark Kligman, MD. Department of General Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore MD Objective: Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) for Gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies had gained large attention recently, the plethora of information available on the internet resulted in patients expectation to have their elective cancer surgery done… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Retrieval of Non Excreted Capsule Endoscopy
Thuan Ho, MD, Praneetha Narahari, MD. Community regional Medical Center/UCSF Fresno MEP, Fresno, CA Capsule Endoscopy is used as an adjunct to study small bowel pathology. Non excretion of the capsule has been reported in Crohn's disease and strictures. Enteroscopy or surgical intervention is needed when the capsule is retained. I report a case… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Segmental Resection of Bleeding Neurofibroma in the Fourth Portion of Duodenum
Osama Hamed, MBBS, Stephen Kavic, MD. University of Maryland School of Medicine Introduction: Gastrointestinal (GI) involvement in type 1 neurofibromatosis is rare. Neurofibromas in the GI tract can cause bleeding or obstruction and there is also a risk of malignant transformation. We present here the first reported case of laparoscopic resection of the fourth… Continue Reading
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Preliminary Results of New Minimally Invasive Technique in Peripheral Vascular Diseases: Intramuscular Injection of Extracts of Laparoscopically Harvested Omentum in Limbs of Patients With Buerger\’s Disease
Ali Aminian, MD, Rasoul Mirsharifi, MD. Tehran University of Medical Sciences INTRODUCTION: Salvage of limbs affected by Buerger's disease has been a dilemma for surgeons. Reconstructive procedures are usually not possible and sympathectomy relieves vasospasm only in the early stages. Limb amputation often is the only available management option. Previous reports demonstrated acceptable results… Continue Reading
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A Rare Case of Solitary Neurofibroma of the Thoracic Esophagus
Katsunori Nishikawa, MD, Noburo Omura, MD, Masami Yuda, MD, Yujiro Tanaka, MD, Akira Matsumoto, MD, Yuichiro Tanishima, MD, Toshiyuki Sasaki, MD, Yoshiro Ishibashi, MD, Kouji Nakada, MD, Norio Mitsumori, MD, Hideyuki Kashiwagi, MD, Katsuhiko Yanaga, MD. The Jikei University School of Medicine Department of Surgery Benign esophageal tumors are rare disease, of which leiomyomas… Continue Reading
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Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery for Children\’s General Thoracic Disease
Masahide Murasugi, MD PhD, Masato Kanzaki, MD PhD, Takuma Kikkawa, MD, Tamami Isaka, MD PhD, Hideyuki Maeda, MD, Takamasa Onuki, MD PhD, Osamu Segawa, MD PhD, Ryuji Yoshida, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic Surgery*, Division of Pediatric Surgery**, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Background: An operation case of children’s general thoracic… Continue Reading
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Minilaparoscopic Approach With Hidden Scars for Usual Laparoscopic Procedures.
Isaac Baley Spindel, MD, Karla Susana Martin Tellez, MD, Angel Martinez Munive, MD, Jorge Cueto Garcia, MD, Fernando Quijano Orvañanos, MD. American British Cowdray Medical Center, Mexico City. IntroductionAbout 25 years ago laparoscopic surgery emerged as a novel, minimally invasive technique for treatment of common surgical pathologies. In the last 5 years, techniques and… Continue Reading
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Anesthesia Management for Bariatric Surgery
R Rutledge, MD. Center for Laparoscopic Obesity s IntroductionThe goals of anesthesia of obese patients include relaxation during surgery with no weakness post op; no drug induced bleeding and excellent anesthesia and analgesia without respiratory depression or nausea and vomiting post op. The present study documents a new anesthetic technique that aggressively utilizes exclusion… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Treatment for Urachal Remnant – A Report of Two Cases
Roppei Yamada, MD PhD, Yasushi Rino, MD PhD, Norio Yukawa, MD PhD, Tsutomu Sato, MD, Hirohito Fujikawa, MD, Nobuhiro Sugano, MD, Koichiro Yamaoku, MD, Daisuke Inagaki, MD, Teni Godai, MD, Shinichi Hasegawa, MD PhD, Takashi Oshima, MD PhD, Munetaka Masuda, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Yokohama City University School of Medicine Objective: To report… Continue Reading
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Endoscopic-guided Transgastric Laparoscopic Retrieval of a Duodenal Stent
Maureen M Tedesco, MD, Tonya Kaltenbach, MD MS, Roy Soetikno, MD, Dan Eisenberg, MD MS. Stanford University Medical Center and Palo Alto VA HCS Introduction: Endoscopic placement of expandable Nitinol stents have been used in the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract to palliate areas of malignant stricture or obstruction. They are designed to allow… Continue Reading
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Intra-operative Small Bowel Length Measurements
Ezra Teitelbaum, MD, Khashayar Vaziri, MD, Sara Zettervall, MD, Richard L Amdur, PhD, Bruce A Orkin, MD. George Washington University Introduction: Few studies have measured small bowel length (SBL) in live humans and most surgery texts base their “normal” anatomic lengths on cadaver data. Here we present a single-surgeon series of intra-operative SBL measurements… Continue Reading
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Interval Laparoscopic Management of Meckel\’s Diverticulitis
Vinay Singhal, MD, Vinayak Sreenivas, MD, S Sainathan, MD, Kamal Nagpal, MD PhD, Daniel Farkas, MD. Bronx Lebanon hospital centre Background Meckel's diverticulum is a rare entity. A high degree of suspicion is needed for opportune diagnosis and management. Traditionally patients diagnosed with this entity underwent laparotomy with diverticulectomy or resection of the small… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other