Laparoscopic Distal Esophagectomy and Pouch Gastrectomy for High Grade Dysplasia After Gastric Bypass
Konstantinos Spaniolas, MD, William E O'malley, MD, Thomas J Watson, MD. University of Rochester Medical Center Background: Barrett's esophagus (BE) with high-grade dysplasia (HGD) until recently has been treated primarily with esophagectomy. Advancements in endoluminal therapy have facilitated endoscopic ablation or mucosal resection of early esophageal neoplasia, challenging the standard of care for this… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Distal Gastrectomy With D2 Lymphadenectomy and Total Omentobursectomy for Advanced Gastric Cancer
Young-kyu Park, MD PhD, Oh Jeong, MD, Mi-ran Jung, MD, Jang-won Sun, MD, Kwang-yong Kim, Seong-yeob Ryu, MD PhD. Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital Introduction: Laparoscopic gastrectomy has been widely accepted for the treatment of early gastric cancer (EGC) in Korea and Japan. However, it is still debating whether AGCs can be treated with… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Excision of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor of the Stomach Near the Gastroesophageal Junction
Linda P Zhang, MD, Barry A Salky, MD. Mount Sinai School of Medicine This is a video demonstrating a laparoscopic approach to excision of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the posterior stomach near the gastroesophageal junction. This is a challenging portion of the stomach for laparoscopic excision and repair. After full mobilization of the… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Fundoplication Takedown With Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Leads to Excellent Reflux Control and Quality of Life in Patients After One Or More Failed Fundoplications
Fernando A Navarro, MD, Brant T Heniford, Keith Gersin, Dimitrios Stefanidis. Carolinas Medical Center, Division of Gastrointestinal and Minimally Invasive Surgery, Charlotte, NC Introduction: Recent data suggest that redo fundoplication after prior failed fundoplication (FP) is associated with a high failure rate to control reflux in the long term. In this… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Gastrectomies in Gastric Cancer Patients: A Singapore\’s Institution Initial Experience
Aung M Oo, MD, V Shelat, MD, K H Lim, MD, A Koura, MD, J Rao, MD. Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore INTRODUCTIONCancer of the stomach is the fifth most common cancer in men and the seventh most common cancer in women in Singapore. Gastrectomy with D2 lymphadnectomy has been proven to be the… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Gastric Wedge Resection With Prophylactic Fundoplication for Submucosal Tumor at Gastroesophageal Junction
Jin-jo Kim, MD, Jung-sun Lee, MD. Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea Objective: Laparoscopic gastric wedge resection (LGWR) for a gastric submucosal tumor (SMT) which involved gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) is technically challenging because of difficulty in reconstruction of GEJ after resection and resultant damaged function of lower esophageal sphincter (LES). We… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Gastroduodenostomy After Esophagectomy for Impaired Gastric Emptying
Edward D Auyang, MD MS, Brant K Oelschlager, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Washington Introduction: Impaired emptying of the gastric conduit or neoesophagus after esophagectomy can have multiple etiologies including decreased motility secondary to vagus nerve damage and mechanical stricturing. Often times, these etiologies can be managed with pro-motility medications, dilation, and pyloroplasty.… Continue Reading
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Laparoscopic Hand-sewn Esophagojejunal Anastomosis After Laparoscopic Total Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer
Susumu Inamine, MD, Yasuaki Mayama, MD, Tomofumi Orokawa, MD, Osamu Kakazu, MD, Hiroki Sunagawa, MD, Tetsuo Toyama, MD, Hisamitsu Zaha, MD. Nakagami General Hospital Background. In Japan, laparoscopic distal gastrectomy (LDG) has been widely accepted for the treatment of early gastric cancer. However, laparoscopic total gastrectomy (LTG) is not widely accepted because of the… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Implantation of Gastric Stimulator As an Effective Treatment Modality for Gastroparesis
Lee A Farber, DO, David B Earle, MD. Baystate Medical Center Objective:Gastroparesis is a motility disorder of the stomach characterized by delayed passage of liquid and/or food boluses without a widely accepted effective treatment thus far. Our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of an implantable gastric electrical stimulator device (Enterra®; Medtronic; Minneapolis, MN)… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Lightweight Mesh Repair vs Primary Repair With Teflon Patch Buttress for Large and Giant Hiatal Hernias: Prospective Randomized Trial
V.v. Grubnik, Prof, A.v. Malynovskyy, PhD, O.v. Grubnik, PhD, V.v. Ilyashenko, PhD. Odessa national medical university Background. Mesh repair of large and giant hiatal hernias may reduce recurrence rate compared to primary repair. However, it may cause prosthesis-related esophageal strictures and erosions. It was suggested that primary posterior suture repair with buttressing by teflon… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Limited Gastrectomy With Sentinel Node Navigtion for Gastric Cancer
Ju-hee Lee, MD, Sang Hoon Ahn, MD, Do Joong Park, MDPhD, Hyung-ho Kim, MDPhD, Hye Seung Lee, MDPhD. Seoul National University Bundang Hospital Introduction: The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of laparoscopic limited gastrectomy with sentinel basin(SB) dissection for gastric cancer in phase II clinical setting. Methods: Forty-five patients were… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Management of Bowel Obstruction, the All Inclusive Approach, Improves Outcomes.
Christopher W Salzmann, MD, Morris E Franklin, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Background: Multiple series on laparoscopic management of Bowel obstruction have been published. Most are limited to likely cases of adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction and exclude patients with hernias and/or Colon Obstruction. We present our series on the “all inclusive… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Management of Small Bowel Obstruction Due to Meckel\’s Diverticulum in the Adult.
Alex Gandsas, MD, Adeshola Fakulujo, MD, Wanda Good, DO, Sohail Mamdani, DO, Abier Abdelnaby, MD. UMDNJ-SOM Introduction: Small bowel obstruction in the adult as a result of a Meckel’s diverticulum is an uncommon surgical condition that carries high morbidity if treatment is not rendered in a timely fashion. Case presentations and Methods:We report a… Continue Reading
Laparoscopic Management of the Failed Nissen Fundoplication
P D Colavita, MD, T R Martin, MD, R F Sing, DO, D Stefanidis, MD PhD, B T Heniford, MD. Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication is a common and well recognized treatment for reflux; unfortunately, the operation can fail and require reoperation in approximately 3% of patients. In this video we… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut
Laparoscopic Median Arcuate Ligament Release for Celiac Artery Compression Syndrome
Michael Hill, MD, Dawn Barclay, MD, Neil Ghushe, MD, Daniel Mckenna, MD, Thadeus Trus, MD. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, USA Median Arcuate Ligament Syndrome results from the extrinsic compression of the celiac axis and may manifest with pain and weight loss. This video presents our technique for laparoscopic median arcuate ligament release and… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Foregut