PERIAMPULLARY DUODENAL DIVERTICULUM ERCP INCIDENTAL FINDING AND ASSOCIATION WITH DIFFICULT BILIARY CANNULATION. A CASE SERIES.
Carlos M Zavaleta, MD, Fernando A Quesada, MD. IntergastroIntroduction: A classification for Periampullary Duodenal Diverticulum (PAD) was proposed by Boix et al in three types based on location. These anatomical variants may require more expertise from endoscopist in charge to achieve a successful procedure as it has been reported as a factor associated with difficult biliary… Continue Reading
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Perineal proctosigmoidectomy is an acceptable and a safe procedure for irreducible rectal prolapse
Amir Shaban, MD Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery, Hossam Barakat Elbohoty, MD GIT Surgery, Hossam Ramadan Mousa, MD Surgical Oncology, Tarek Mohamed Afifi Sehsah, Assistant Lecturer of General Surgery. Tanta University HospitalsIrreducible or incarcerated rectal prolapse is a rare complication of rectal prolapse, the issue of management of rectal prolapse is controversial and the guidelines for… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Perioperative Nutrition-focused Intervention in Enhanced Recovery after Surgery
Zhigang Xue, MD, Jianchun Yu, MD, Weiming Kang, MD, Zhiqiang Ma, MD, PhD, Xin Ye, MD, Yuguang Huang, MD, Lijian Pei, MD. Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical SciencesAim: Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program focusing on nutritional risk assessment and comprehensive perioperative nutritional intervention is limited. We aimed to study the… Continue Reading
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- Colorectal
Peritoneal adhesions seen during laparoscopic appendicectomy post prior pelvic floor surgery
Pravish Rai Sookha, MD, MS, PhD. Welkin hospital, Clinic Muller, Clinic du NordDuring the last 226 adult female appendicectomies, 55 were found to have underwent prior open pelvis floor surgeries. The most common surgeries included LSCS, ovarian cystectomy, salpingo-oophrectomy and endometriosis. Due to prior open surgery scars, all the surgeries were started with the Hasson’s… Continue Reading
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- Acute Care Surgery
PET positive esophageal leiomyoma: a case series and literature review
James Kurtz, Rene Borscheid, Edward Cho, Houssam Osman, Rohan Jeyarajah. Methodist Richardson Medical CenterIntroduction: Esophageal leiomyomas are rare, benign tumors that can be adequately treated with limited resection or enucleation. Distinguishing a leiomyoma from a more aggressive entity can present a diagnostic challenge. It has been suggested that positron emission tomography (PET) scanning can help… Continue Reading
PLAN-DO-CHECK-ACT (PDCA) APPROACH TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF CARE FOR SURGICAL PATIENT: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Hemanga Bhattacharjee, Pritam Mandal, Virinder Bansal, Anu Sachdeva, Mamta Sood, Ashok Deorari. All India Institute of Medical SciencesIntroduction: Adequate and relevant preoperative information is pertinent for patient satisfaction, thus for quality of care. The spectrum of information patients desire may vary according to their socio-economic or cultural background. Hence, patients’ participation in the development of… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Pneumomediastinum: an Unusual Complication after Totally Extraperitoneal Inguinal Hernia Repair
Derek Lim, DO, Shinban Liu, DO, Claudia Kim, DO, Michael Timoney, MD. NYU Langone Medical CenterCase Description: A 30-year-old female with no past medical or surgical history presents with a symptomatic right inguinal hernia for 1 month prior to evaluation. She underwent a laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair. Three infraumbilical ports were used and… Continue Reading
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
POEM complications with delayed Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy
Ann D Smith, MD, MPH, Jaroslav Zivny, MD, Christopher A Marshall, MD, John J Kelly, MD. University of MassachusettsTwo major treatment modalities are available for patients with achalasia: a Heller Myotomy or a Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM). The POEM was first discussed in the literature in 2009 and the steps for performing it were… Continue Reading
Porcelain Gallbladder Adherent to Proximal Bile Duct; Robotic Cholecystectomy Guided by Indocyanine Green Cholangiography
Adel Alhaj Saleh, MD, MRCS, Edwin Onkendi, MBChB. Texas Tech University Health Sciences CenterA 52 year-old female presented to an outside institution with 1 year history of right upper abdominal pain She also had unintentional weight loss. CT scan with contrast showed a porcelain gall bladder A laparoscopic cholecystectomy was attempted at that institution. Intraoperatively,… Continue Reading
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- Video Loop Presentations
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- Biliary
Port Site Tuberculosis after Laparoscopy
Mohammad Masud Karim, MBBS, Gold Medalist, FCPS, Surgery, FRCS(Glasgow, UK)1, Moshammat Zebunnesa, MBBS, FCPS, MS2, Satyajit Dhar, MBBS, FCPS, MD2, Mamun Mustafa, MBBS2. 1Noakhali Abdul Malek Ukil Medical College,Bangladesh, 2Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong.Background: After first laparoscopic cholecystectomy by Phillip Mauret in 1987 there has been rapid explosion in the field of minimal access surgery (MAS).… Continue Reading
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- Minimally Invasive Other
Possible Variables to Develop a Scoring System to Predict Preoperative Diagnosis of Acute Cholecystitis
Theophilus Pham, MBA1, Daron Jacob, BS1, Chanaka Kahathuduwa, PhD2, Adel Alhaj Saleh, MD, MRCS1, Amir H Aryaie, MD, FACS1. 1Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2Texas Tech UniversityIntroduction: Cholecystitis and symptomatic cholelithiasis are two diseases that can present with very similar general symptoms making it difficult to distinguish between them based solely on clinical findings.… Continue Reading
Post Bariatric Surgery Lab tests- are they excessive and redundant?
Terri M Menser, PhD, Jose Muniz Castro, Bita Kash, PhD, Vadim Sherman, Nabil Tariq, MD. Houston Methodist HospitalINTRODUCTION: Following bariatric surgery, ongoing postoperative testing is required to measure nutritional deficiencies; the purpose of this study was to quantify the prevalence of these nutritional deficiencies based on two-year of follow-up tests at frequent time points. The… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Post-operative Dysphagia Following Magnetic Sphincter Augmentation for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Catherine Tsai, Ulf Kessler, Rudolf Steffen, Joerg Zehetner. Clinic Beau-SiteBackground: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is the most prevalent gastrointestinal disorder of the esophagus in the Western population. The magnetic lower esophageal sphincter augmentation (MSA) device is a novel treatment technique with promising results. As it becomes an increasingly common surgical option, understanding the temporary early… Continue Reading
Post operative pain following Mesh fixation of ventral hernia repair: Comparison of transfascial with intracorporal suture fixation
Manoj K Choudhury, MS, FMAS, Kaushik Baruah, MS. Nemcare Superspeciality HospitalObjective: Fixation of mesh is the most important step of ventral hernia repair. Transfascial mesh fixation has been the most accepted of all the methods, but the significant pain during early post operative period following fixation is still a cause of concern. In search of… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Post-POEM Reflux: Who’s at Risk?
Gabriel Arevalo, MD, Megan Sippey, MD, Jack He, MD, Ahmed Ali, MD, Luis Martin Del Campo, MD, Jeffrey Marks, MD, FACS, FASGE. Case Western Reserve UniversityIntroduction: Per Oral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) is a less invasive alternative to laparoscopic Heller myotomy for patients with achalasia. While a partial fundoplication is often performed concurrently with a laparoscopic… Continue Reading