Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Improves Outcomes Compared to Open at a Rural Tertiary Care Center
Horatiu C Dancea, MD, Vladan N Obradovic, MD, Nicole L Woll, PhD, Mohsen M Shabahang, MD PhD, Joseph A Blansfield, MD. Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA Background:As surgeons become more adept at minimally invasive techniques, more surgeries are being tackled laparoscopically. Laparoscopic pancreatic surgery requires considerable expertise in both pancreatic and laparoscopic surgery; therefore… Continue Reading
Minimally Invasive Pancreatic Resection for Cystic Neoplasms
Philip Q Bao, MD, Kevin T Watkins, MD. Stony Brook University Medical Center Controversy remains as to the optimal indications for resection of cystic pancreatic neoplasms. Minimally invasive pancreatic surgery is being more widely adopted. The risk/benefit decision for resection of cystic pancreatic neoplasms needs to consider the morbidity and mortality of the surgical… Continue Reading
Minimally Invasive(laparoscopic + Robotic) Spleen-preserving Subtotal Left-sided Pancratectomy
Lim Jin Hong, MD, Whang Ho Kyung, MD, Kim Sung Hoon, MD, Choi Sung Hoon, MD, Lee Woo Jung, MD, Kang Chang Moo, MD. Division of hepatobiliary and pancrreas, department of surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine Purpose:Laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy (LDP) has been regarded as safe and effective treatment option in benign and borderline… Continue Reading
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
Normokinetic Biliary Dyskinesia: A Novel Diagnosis
Christopher G Ducoin, MD MPH, Daryl D Wier, MD FACS. Orlando Health, Center for Digestive and Metabolic Surgery Background:Biliary dyskinesia diagnosed with CCK-HIDA scan and ejection fraction less than 35% has been successfully treated by laparoscopic cholecystectomy, with resolution of symptoms ranging from 77%-97%. However, there is a population of patients with symptomatic biliary… Continue Reading
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Novel End-to-end Supra-And Infra-hepatic Caval Anstomosis for Orthotopic Liver Transplantation With a 21 Mm Circular Stapler.
Muhammad S Ikram, MD, John Ham, MD, Shawn Tsuda, MD. University of Nevada Las Vegas, University Medical Center,Las Vegas, Nevada Background: The potential advantages of using veno-veno bypass during recipient hepatectomy in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) are to reduced the amount of hemorrhage, improve cardiac stability, preserved renal perfusion, and avoid bowel edema during… Continue Reading
Oncologic Safety of Laparoscopic Hepatectomy Versus Open Hepatectomy in Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Stephen Ky Chang, FRCS, Chee Wei Tay, MRCSEd, Wah Wah Hlaing, Ms, Iyer Shridhar Ganpathi, FRCS, Victor Tw Lee, FRCS, Krishnakumar Madhavan, FRCS. National University Health System, Singapore INTRODUCTIONLaparoscopic hepatectomy (LH) has increasingly become more established as a curative option for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), however, oncologic issues such as ability to achieve adequate margins,… Continue Reading
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One-stage Laparoscopic Cholecistectomy and Cbd Exploration With Primary Closure
Gintaras Antanavicius, MD FACS, Carlos A Cutini Cingozoglu, MD, Patricio E Donnelly, MD, Rodolfo H Scaravonati, MD, Rodrigo Moran Azzi, MD, Roberto P Munin, MD, Victor H Serafini, MD FACS. Sanatorio Güemes, Argentina. Abington Health, USA Introduction: There are several approaches for choledocolithiasis and current data do not suggest clear superiority of any approach;… Continue Reading
Open Versus Laparoscopic Liver Resection for T1 and T2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Midterm Result
Choon Hyuck D Kwon, MD PhD, Sanghyun Song, MD, Jae-won Joh, MD PhD. Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Introduction: Laparoscopic liver resection (LLR) has gained much popularity in the recent years, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has increasingly become an indication for LLR. However due to the technical difficulties faced with underlying… Continue Reading
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Outpatient Single Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy With Routine Intraoperative Cholangiogram
B Pellini, MD, S Smith, MD, B O'connell, MD, I Daoud, MD FACS. St Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, CT Introduction While a number of studies have demonstrated the feasibility and early outcomes pertaining to single incision laparoscopic (SILS) cholecystectomy there is very limited published data concerning use of routine cholangiography during this procedure. … Continue Reading
Pancreaticogastrostomy During Laparoscopic Pancreaticoduodenectomy; A Viable Alternative to Pancreaticojejunostomy.
E M True, MD, J R Debord, MD, J S Marshall, MD. University of Illinois College of Medicine - Peoria, Department of Surgery Introduction:Laparoscopy has changed the approach to many operative interventions. Due to its complexity, minimally invasive surgeons have been slow to adopt laparoscopic pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). Since the early 1990s, there have been… Continue Reading
Patient-reported Outcomes After Single-incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy vs Traditional Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Randomized, Prospective Trial
Matthew Sappington, MD, B Todd Moore, MD, Daniel J Margolin, MD, G Brent Sorensen, MD, Fengming Tang, MS, Kimberly M Brown, MD. Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City, Department of Surgery, University of Missouri-Kansas City Introduction: Single incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (SILC) is a newer approach that has been shown to be a safe alternative… Continue Reading
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Practice Patterns for Gallstone Pancreatitis: A 5-year Experience at a Community-based Teaching Hospital
John Compoginis, MD, Tiffany Wu, MD, Gabriel Akopian, MD. Huntington Hospital Objective: To assess the practice patterns applied to patients with gallstone pancreatitis (GSP) who presented to the emergency department at large, community-based hospital and clarify factors influencing the type of intervention chosen. Methods: A retrospective review of medical records was performed over a… Continue Reading
Preoperative Pancreas CT/MRI Characteristics Predict Fistula Rate After Pancreaticoduodenectomy
Farshad Frozanpor, PhD, L Loizou, MD, C Ansorge, MD, R Segersvärd, PhD, L Lundell, PhD, N Albiin, PhD. Department of Clinical Science and Education and Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology Background: Pancreatic fistula (PF) is considered to be the main cause of morbidity after pancreaticoduodenectomy (PD). A recent study from our institution… Continue Reading
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Primary Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Left Hepatic Duct – A Case Report With Review of Literature
Jaydeep H Palep, MS, Ajay H Bhandarwar, MS, Aditya Mandke, MD. Grant Medical College & Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, INDIA Primary Biliary Tract Neuroendocrine tumors (NET) are extremely rare tumors with only 59 cases reported in the literature till now.We describe a case of a Left Hepatic Duct NET and review… Continue Reading