Triad of Trouble: CT Findings to Help Diagnose Internal Hernia Post-Gastric Bypass
Nicole A Kissane, MD, Garry Choy, MD, Denis W Gee, MD, Matthew M Hutter, MD MPH, David W Rattner, MD, Janey S Pratt, MD. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital INTRODUCTION: Abdominal pain after gastric bypass is a common complaint and etiology can be difficult to identify. While some causes are non life-threatening, others such… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Ultrasonic Liposuction for Omental Fat Reduction and Surgical Dissection: A Pilot Study
Eduardo Aimore Bonin, MD, Juliane Bingener, MD, Andrea Mariani, MD, James Swain, MD, Mary Knipschield, Kazuki Sumiyama, MD, Christopher Gostout, MD. Developmental Endoscopy Unit, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, EUA Background: Ultrasonic assisted liposuction (UAL) is used for cosmetic surgery. This technology may be also applied for debulking intra-abdominal fat. Potential applications are omental fat reduction… Continue Reading
Upper Endoscopy and Gastrointestinal Radiological Exams Results After Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding
Atul K Madan, MD FACS, Pejman Samouha, MD, Michael Omidi, MD, Julian Omidi. New Life Surgery Center, LLC Introduction: Laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding (LAGB) is a useful procedure for the treatment of morbid obesity. While LAGB has a low morbidity and mortality, potential long-term issues can occur. Both upper endoscopy (Endo) and gastrointestinal radiological (Rad)… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Metabolic / Obesity
Ureteral Injuries During Laparoscopic Colon Surgeries – Causes and Prevention
Morris E Franklin, JR, MD FACS, Karla Russek, MD. Texas Endosurgery Institute Objectives: The reported incidence of ureteral injuries during laparoscopic colon surgery varies from 0.2 to 4.5%. Although this is a relatively rare event, it can be devastating for both the surgeon and the patient. There are some techniques described that help prevent this… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Colorectal
Use of a Novel Endoscopic Suturing Device to Oversew a Large Marginal Ulceration
Pichamol Jirapinyo, Christopher C Thompson, MD. Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Objective: Severe marginal ulceration is traditionally treated surgically. Here we describe the use of a novel endoscopic suturing device to oversew a large stomal ulcer and avert a complicated surgical revision.Technology Description: Ulcer oversewing was performed using a novel endoscopic suturing system… Continue Reading
Use of Knotless Barbed Sutures for Single Layer Closure of Gastrointestinal Tissues: an in Vivo Biomechanical Comparison of Two Devices
Jeffrey Zaruby, DVM DACVS, Kristina Kaminskaya, MS, Jeffrey Miller, MS, Jennifer Lansdowne, DVM MSC DACVS. Covidien, North Haven, CT Figure 1: A. 3-0 V-Loc™ 180 Device with 17 barbs/cm. B. 3-0 V-Loc™ PBT Device with 26 barbs/cm. Objective of Technology:Tying intracorporeal knots during laparoscopic surgery is one of the more challenging techniques to master, with… Continue Reading
Use of Light Weight, Partially Absorbable Mesh in Open Inguinal Hernia Repair: One Year Prospective Data with the Cousin 4ddome™
Florias A Morfesis, MD, Brian P Rose, BSc. Owen Drive Surgical Clinic of Fayetteville/East Carolina University Introduction: Over the past 24 months, we have cataloged 80 open inguinal hernia repairs using the Cousin 4DDOME. Since May 2009, we have documented the pre-operative and post-operative pain of patients repaired using this product based on the simple… Continue Reading
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- Posters
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- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Use of the Endoflip Catheter to Size Sleeve Gastrectomies and Gastric Imbrications
Daniel Cottam, MD, Sunil Sharma, MD, Christine Richards, MD, Mahendra Narwaria, MBBS. Surgical Weight Loss Center of Utah Introduction: Gastric Imbrication and Sleeve Gastrectomy are both procedures which utilize bougies to size the new stomachs. However, bougies don't allow the surgeon to tell if the stomach is too tight or too big. Bougies also does… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Use of the MIG and 2.8 mm Flexible Choledochoscope
Donald E Wenner, MD, Paul Whitwam, MD. Roswell Regional Hospital Introduction: Many smaller hospitals do not have specialists that perform ERCP procedures for choledocholithiasis. LCBDE has been shown to be at least as effective and safe when compared to ERCP in clearing the biliary system of stones. Academic medical centers have not been aggressive in… Continue Reading
Usefulness of the Curved Hand Instrument in Single Port Surgery
Hisae Aoki, MD, Toshiyuki Mori, MD PhD, Nobutsugu Abe, MD PhD, Osamu Yanagida, MD PhD, Tadahiko Masaki, MD PhD, Masanori Sugiyama, MD PhD. Department of Surgery, Kyorin University, School of Medcine Background & Objective : Single port surgery has widely spread and many technical studies have been reported in the past few years, including parallel… Continue Reading
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- Posters
Utility of Hybrid SILS with Minute Diameter Forceps in Cholecystectomy
Jun Hanaoka, MD, Mitsuo Shimada, MD PhD FACS, Tohru Utsunomiya, MD PhD, Satoru Imura, MD, Yuji Morine, MD, Tetsuya Ikemoto, MD, Hiroki Mori, MD, Syuichi Iwahashi, MD, Yu Saito, MD. The University of Tokushima (introduction)The technique of cholecystectomy using single-incisional laparoscopic surgery (SILS-chole) is not united between each facilities though it is spreading rapidly. As… Continue Reading
Validation of Observational Clinical Human Reliability Assessment (OCHRA) in Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Performed By Specialists
Danilo Miskovic, MD FRCS, Melody Ni, PhD, Susannah M Wyles, MSc MRCS, Amjad Parvaiz, FRCS, George B Hanna, PhD FRCS. Imperial College, London, United Kingdom ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to investigate if it is possible to establish construct and predictive validity for the observational clinical human reliability assessment (OCHRA) method in laparoscopic colorectal… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
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- Education / Simulation
Variations in Endoscopic Description of Failed Fundoplications
Arpad Juhasz, MD PhD, Abhishek Sundaram, MBBS MPH, Masato Hoshino, MD, Tommy H Lee, MD, Sumeet K Mittal, MD. Department of Surgery, Creighton University Medical Center Objective: The objective of this study was to compare endoscopic findings reported by community physicians (gastroenterologists and surgeons) with our (a tertiary referral center) findings in patients who underwent… Continue Reading
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- Podium Presentations
- Topic:
- Endolumenal / NOTES
Ventral Hernia Recurrence Is Higher in Patients with a History of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Mohammad Salabat, MD, Dennis Leung, MS, Woody Denham, MD, Ari Robicsek, MD, Nancy Schindler, MD, Michael Ujiki, MD. NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, IL Background: Ventral hernia (VH) rates are higher in patients after abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. It is thought that the same connective tissue weakness that contributes to AAA may lend itself to… Continue Reading
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- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias
Ventral Hernias and the Super Obese
Mohamed Dahman, MD, Peter Hallowell, MD, Bruce Schirmer, MD. Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, PO Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA Introduction: Obesity is associated with an increased incidence of a variety of diseases including hernias. Super obese is defined as a BMI>50 kg/m². Very few reports have examined hernia repair outcomes… Continue Reading
- Type:
- Posters
- Topic:
- Abdominal Wall Hernias