The Safety and Efficacy of Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery for Complex Colorectal Procedures
Madhu Ragupathi, MD, Diego I Ramos-Valadez, MD, Steven Miller, MD, Eric M Haas, MD FACS FASCRS. Division of Elective General Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas Introduction: Robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS) has evolved into a safe and feasible approach for the treatment of diseases of the colon and… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
The Safety and Usefulness of Single Incision Laparoscopic Tapp
Hideya Kashihara, title, Mitsuo Shimada, title, Nobuhiro Kurita, title, Takashi Iwata, Masanori Nishioka, Kozo Yoshikawa, Tomohiko Miyatani, Chie Mikami, Tohru Utsunomiya. Tokushima University Introduction Laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia has been widely performed. Recently, single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) is prevailing in terms of minimizing surgical trauma and improving cosmetic effect. However, the safety and… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Sealed Incision Multiport (SIM)- A Novel Access Device for Both Single and Multiport Laparoscopic Surgery
Ronan A Cahill, Dr. European Institute of Surgical Research and Innovation (EISRI) The potential of single port laparoscopic operating is at present greatly constrained by the currently available commercial devices in both their design and construction as well as their cost (which restricts their usefulness by both limiting the potential patient population and preventing their… Continue Reading
The Significance of Laparoscopic Surgery for Stage IV Colorectal Cancer
Masanori Arita, MD, Mitsuo Shimada, phD, Nobuhiro Kurita, phD, Takashi Iwata, phD, Masanori Nishioka, phD, Shinya Morimoto, phD, Kouzou Yoshikawa, phD, Jun Higashijima, phD, Tomohiko Miyatani, MD, Chie Mikami, MD, Hideya Kashihara, MD. The University of Tokushima IntroductionLaparoscopic surgery for colon cancer has been spread, but there are few reports about the significance of laparoscopic… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Colorectal
The Steps and Outcome of Trans Esophageal Endoscopic Myotomy
Takayuki Dotai, MD, Toshio Katagiri, MD, Sheetal Nijhawan, MD, Saniea Majid, MD, Ozanan Meireles, MD, Michael Sedrak, MD, Abraham Mathew, MD, Garth Jacobsen, MD, Bryan Sandler, MD, Mark Talamini, MD, Santiago Horgan, MD. University of California, San Diego We have performed totally endoscopic myotomy for esophageal achalasia using NOTES technique. This video presents the stepwise… Continue Reading
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- Endolumenal / NOTES
The Summa SILS Inanimate Trainer Box Top
Christopher M Kriebel, BS, Bhavik Shah, BS, Michelle Evancho-Chapman, BS, Tristan L Ula, BS, Mark Pozsgay, DO, John G Zografakis, MD FACS. Summa Health System- Akron City Hospital, Akron OH, USA Moving from multiple ports in the abdomen to a central port in the umbilicus may in fact improve cosmesis and reduce post operative pain/length… Continue Reading
The Use of a Detachable Anvil in Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy
Rebekah Kim, MD, Ferrara Andrea, MD, Itriago Francisco, MD, Renee Mueller, MD, Joseph Gallagher, MD, Paul Williamson, MD, Samuel DeJesus, MD, Robert Stevens, MD, Heidi Bahna, MD, Mark Soliman, MD. Colon and Rectal Clinic of Orlando, Orlando Health Stapled hemorrhoidopexy was first introduced in the 1990’s as an approach to treat prolapsing internal hemorrhoids. The… Continue Reading
The Use of a Novel Self Expanding Nitinol Hernia System for Natural Orifice (notes) Inguinal Herniorrhaphy
Danny A Sherwinter, MD, Matthew Dixon, MD. Maimonides Medical Center Department of Minimally Invasive Surgery Introduction: Development of a viable natural orifice (NOTES) technique for inguinal herniorrhaphy (IH) has been primarily hindered by the inadequacy of available endoscopic instrumentation to effect peritoneal dissection and mesh fixation. In this study we describe our initial preclinical experience… Continue Reading
The Use of a Surgery Training Interface (sti) to Guide Optimal Gaze Control Strategies During the Acquisition of a Laparoscopic Skill
S J Vine, PhD, C Lin, PhD, J McGrath, FRCS MD, E Bright, MD, R Masters, DPhil, M R Wilson, PhD. The University of Exeter and The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, UK. Video trainer (VT) and Virtual reality (VR) simulators are becoming increasingly popular tools for the training of laparoscopic surgeons. However, the most… Continue Reading
The Use of Mini Laparoscopy in a Peritoneal Dialysis Patient with Acute Cholecystitis
F A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, BS. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville, East Carolina University Introduction: The use of laparoscopy in patients requiring peritoneal dialysis is the preferred method of placement. In this case report, we highlight the use of "mini" laparoscopy in a PD patient requiring cholecystectomy. We use this approach based… Continue Reading
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- Posters
The Use of Prosthetic Materials As a Prevention of Incisional Hernias After Stoma Take Down
Morris E Franklin, JR, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD, Jojy George, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Aims: The incidence of hernias on the stoma site ranges from 5 to 50% and only 10% of these require surgical treatment. Many kinds of repair for stomal hernias have been proposed. Whatever treatment is chosen, most of the time,… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
The Use of Single Incision and NOTES Techniques in Bariatrics
Elie K CHOUILLARD, MD, Vincenzo J GRECO, MD, Ziad ELRASSI, MD, Adrian LOBONTIU, MD. On behalf of the Intercontinental Society of Natural Orifice, Endoscopic, and Laparoscopic Surgery (i-NOELS), Poissy, FRANCE Aim: Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) is an emerging concept in surgical ideology. Many variants have been described including « pure » NOTES, «… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity
The Use of Temporary Gastric Electrical Stimulation As a Screening Tool in Challenging Patients with Gastroparesis
Pavlos K Papasavas, MD, Darren S Tishler, MD, Michael Karasik, MD, Michael Selden, MD, Orlando Kirton, MD. Hartford Hospital Introduction Gastric electrical stimulation (GES) with the Enterra device (Medtronic, Inc, Minneapolis, MN) has been previously shown to be a safe and effective treatment for recalcitrant diabetic and idiopathic gastroparesis. Patients who present with typical gastroparetic… Continue Reading
The Value of a Previously Validated Proficiency-Based Laparoscopic Skills Training Curriculum in Surgical Education
Patrick Fei, MD, Aldo T Gamarra, MD, Pamela Tan, MD, Nancy J Hogle, RN MPH, Warren D Widmann, MD. Department of Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital; State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center BACKGROUND: A proficiency-based laparoscopic skills training curriculum for the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) program has been used to advance certain… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Education / Simulation
Thirty Day Outcomes After Biliopancreatic Diversion-Duodenal Switch: National Benchmarks for Standard of Care
Prateek K Gupta, MD, Himani Gupta, MD, R. Armour Forse, MD PhD. Creighton University Objectives: Previous reports on postoperative outcomes following biliopancreatic diversion-duodenal switch (BPD-DS) are limited to single centers. Mortality of 0.9% for BPD-DS has been previously shown in a meta-analysis of 24 single-center studies with BPD-DS outcomes. It is not known whether similar… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Metabolic / Obesity